{"id":1715,"date":"2024-12-20T14:52:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2024-12-20T14:53:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:53:57","slug":"clara-blanche-may-89-of-shelbyville-formerly-of-neoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/1715-clara-blanche-may-89-of-shelbyville-formerly-of-neoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Blanche May (89) of Shelbyville, formerly of Neoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Clara Blanche May, of Shelbyville formerly of Neoga, Illinois, passed away at 12:10 AM Tuesday December 17, 2024 in the Shelbyville Manor in Shelbyville, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. May was born January 12, 1935 in Shelby County, Illinois the daughter of Wesley and Mae (Bales) Mueller. She married Willis June 29, 1952 in Stewardson, Illinois, Mr. May passed away August 26, 2014. Mrs. May was a retired Seamstress at Kern Manufacturing in Neoga, Illinois, a Homemaker, and co owner of May\u2019s Repair Shop of Neoga, IL. Clara enjoyed reading and spending time with family.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her children, Linda Susan Kline of Mattoon, Illinois, Michael May (Lisa) of Neoga, Illinois and Cheryl Switzer of Neoga, Illinois; brother, Wesley Mueller (Dolly) of Texas; sisters, Laura Coen (Larry) of Neoga, Illinois and Grace May (Robert) of Neoga, Illinois; 8 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, 9 great-great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She was preceded in death by parents; husband Willis May; brothers; Leon Mueller, Russell Mueller, Calvin Mueller; sister; Vanola Roley, Neva Ditzler, Mary Ann Antrim; grandson, Jeffrey May; great granddaughter Haley Kline,<\/p>\n<p>Memorials are suggested to Transitions Hospice or a charity of choice.<\/p>\n<p>As per her request cremation rites will be accorded and private funeral services will be held Friday December 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Swengel &#8211; O\u2019Dell Funeral Home of Neoga, Illinois is assisting the family with arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be expressed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swengel-odell.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clara died the morning of Tuesday, December 17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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