Christian Biography of Betty May

Betty Lee May, the daughter of Roy and Etta (Cammel) Crouch, was born on August 19, 1929 near Mankato, Kansas. She passed away on October 8, 2021 at the Jewell County Hospital at Mankato, Kansas at the age of 92 years, 1 months, 19 days.

Betty attended country school near Mankato and went to Jewell and Mankato High School. She was a member of the Mankato Christian Church. On September 13, 1945 she was united in marriage to Harold May and to this union was born 6 children.

Betty always milked cows and started helping her father Roy at 7 years old and retired from Milking in 2000. She helped her husband Harold with the farming and ranching for many years. She enjoyed many days and evenings with family, neighbors and friends at the Lovewell Lake with time spent boating and enjoying lots of good food and campfires after dark. She loved to cook and bake pies for her family, friends and the hired help. She raised chickens plenty of chickens for eating and farm fresh eggs.

Later in life she and her soulmate Dick enjoyed going to the races and also spending many evenings and days cruising on one of three different corvettes along with being a member of the Pleasure Cruisers car club.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harold, son's Roy and Billie and daughter Janie Hall; sisters, Jean Boettcher and JoAnn Badger; brother Raymond Crouch and grandson Hayden May.

She is survived by her children Doug May and wife Mary of Mount Hope, Kansas; Martina May of Salina, Kansas; and Susan Winslow and husband Ken of Burr Oak, Kansas. Her soulmate Dick Schwieger of Superior, Nebraska. 24 grandchildren: Troy (Billie) May, Travis (Debra) May, Trisha May, Robin Jehorek Dustin May, Jessie Ost, Jennifer Cashman, Chad (Christina) Lehrling, Trent Lehrling, Jenna (Joe) Forsberg, Chance Morris, Lance (Bob Lynch) Winslow, Landon (Kayla) Winslow, Austin Winslow, Caleb Hall, Augustus (Carrie) May, and Caitlyn May; 32 great grandchildren: Jeremiah (Amanda) May, Jesse and Jonah May, Brittany (Nathan) Poquette, Jessica and Anthony Cisnero, Madison (Jon) Strohl, Maggie Jehorek, Megan (Dakota) Higer, Colton May, Stevie (Quinten) Schafer, Nora May, Bethany (Taylor) Hawes, Paige, Brianna, Leah, Sara, Jacob Lehrling, Vivian Walle, Walker and Scarlet Forsberg, Paiton, Lilah and Cooper Winslow, Celeigh and Jackson Winslow; 3 great great grandchildren: Landon May and Teddy Poquette and Ivy Strohl; her sister Linda Ziegler of Mankato, Kansas; nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Memorial Services at: Megrue-Price Funeral Home, Superior, Nebraska

Time of Service: Friday, October 15, 2021 at 2:00 pm

Clergy: Matt Ehlers

Inurnment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Mankato, Kansas

Memorials to: Jewell County Food Pantry or American Cancer Society

Book Signing: From 4:00 pm-8:00 pm on Thursday at the Megrue-Price Funeral Home

Megrue-Price Funeral Home, 750 N Commercial, Superior, Nebraska 68978 Phone 402-879-3900