Virgil Ralph May Obituary (1923 - 2018)

Flanagan: Virgil Ralph May, 94, of Flanagan, passed away Saturday June 16, 2018, 6:00 am at the Flanagan Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be held Saturday July 7, 2018 from 10:00 to 11:00 am at the Prairieview Mennonite Church. Celebration of life services will follow at 11:00 am. Private family gravesite interment services will precede both. The Rev. Doug Hicks, will officiate. Memorials may be made to his church or the Flanagan Food Pantry. The Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Home, Flanagan will oversee arrangements. Virgil was born October 10, 1923 in Flanagan, IL to Ora and Eva (Stuckey) May. He married Evelyn Roszhart on December 30, 1945 in Meadows, IL. She survives in Flanagan and is a resident of the Flanagan Rehabilitation Center. Also surviving are one son, Terry (Diane Ebert-May) May, of Okemos, MI; two grandchildren, Kathryn (Jonathan) Wiens and David May; and two great-grandchildren, Mathew and William Wiens. His parents, one sister, Velda Orendorff, and one son, Ricky May preceded him in death. Virgil was a faithful member of the Praireview Mennonite Church. He was a talented singer, singing in the Messengers Quartet. He was also talented with his hands, building model airplanes and flying radio-controlled aircraft. He had farmed his entire life in the Flanagan area.