May R. Bross

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May R. Bross WELLSBORO May R. Bross, 90, died Monday, September 20, 2009, at Broad Acres Nursing Home in Wellsboro, where she had been a resident since 2003. She was born in Union Twp., on May 19, 1919, the daughter of the late Harry and Anna Edris Bross, and lived in Jonestown nearly all of her life. She was a member of the Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jonestown, and was a longtime member of the Bunker Hill Grange. She was known for her beautiful flower gardens and needlework, and was a great cook, having worked at the former Sprechers Diner and Cozy Cottage Restaurant. She was also a cook at Northern Lebanon High School for 26 years. She is survived by nephews, Wilmer Shuey, Robert Shuey, Timothy Shuey, and James Bross; and nieces, Shelby Shuey Arendt, Nellene Shuey Drake, Patricia Bross Vigliaturo, Barbara Bross Fuller, and Rose Mary Bross Bratcher. May was preceded in death by her brothers, William and Henry Bross; her sister, Laura Shuey; and niece, Nancy Shuey Ayres. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Kreamer & Lum Funeral Home & Crematory, Rt. 72 and Camp Meeting Road, Jonestown. Viewing will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the Zion's Lutheran Cemetery, Jonestown. www.kreamerlumfh.com

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Published by Lebanon Daily News on Sep. 22, 2009.

Memories and Condolences
for May Bross

8 Entries

James Bross

September 28, 2009

I just don't know what else to add about Aunt May's kindness and cooking. About 10 years ago my wife and I were on a trip from fl. to mass. we reached jonestown pa. about 6 am and I wanted to stop and see aunt May, my wife said it is to early and she doesn't no we are coming, I said my aunt May gets up early, we decided to stop by the store near her house and there was aunt May coming out the check out line. I want to thank my cousin's for taking good care of her during her illness.

PATRICIA (BROSS) VIGLIATURO

September 28, 2009

AUNT MAY WAS THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES. AUNT MAY'S YOUNGEST BROTHER WAS MY DAD. I WAS THE OLDEST OF 6 CHILDREN. LIVING ON THE FARM RIGHT BY AUNT MAY WAS THE MOST FUN EVER. AUNT MAY AND I DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER. WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL I ALWAYS STOP IN FOR AN AFTER SCHOOL SNACK. WE MOVE TO FL. WHEN I WAS 11 SURE MISSED AUNT MAY MORE THAN ANYONE. SHE WOULD COME TO FL.FOR VISITS, I REMEMBER ALL OF US GOING TO THE BEACH. AUNT MAY WAS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON IN MY LIFE. I STILL SENT HER LETTERS, CARDS & PICTURES. SHE REALLY LIKED THAT, I WAS NEVER OUT OF TOUCH. I PLAN TO SEE HER AGAIN ONE DAY. PATRICIA BROSS VIGLIATURO, BUNNELL FL.

Bobbi Kilmer

September 26, 2009

Chicken corn noodle soup, brown potato soup, pickles, pickled red beats, snicker doodles...yum...and the list could go on. So many good recipes and food Aunt May cooked and always was willing to share when you stopped in to visit her. I always loved visiting her in her home. It was peaceful. As a small child I always felt I was privileged when we visited because I was able to share her bedroom with her when we spent the night. We would whisper to each other after the lights were turned out, just like a couple of giggling teen agers. I would sleep so peaceful next to her. Then her alarm would go off so early in the morning, so she could get breakfast going for all of us. I loved her flower gardens and veggie gardens she had. Such hard work she put into them. I loved her greatly. She will be missed. There is peace knowing she is with her siblings and parents and with her niece Nancy. I'm sure they are sitting in heaven, in a flower garden enjoying the birds and visiting right now, perhaps even having a snicker doodle. The peace I have is knowing I'm on the guest list to heaven, and I will be able to visit with them again someday. Oh what a day that will be, when I too will fly away and walk the streets of gold. We will be there soon our dear family. We love you.

Nita Ayres Cooper

September 25, 2009

I volunteered in my kid's school cafeteria on Wednesday for a few hours and now I know without a doubt that Aunt May was indeed a one of a kind, truly remarkable woman! I think of the thousands and thousands of hours of long hard labor (cooking over a hot stove, washing dishes, cleaning, serving....all requiring being on her feet all day every day) and the many thousands of kids and adults Aunt May served (with a smile) the 26 years at the school and the many years at the restaurants and all I can say is: "Wow! How amazing??....It's no wonder her bones gave out and her hearing was impaired!" I worked for a mere 4 hours and came home (not smiling) totally exhausted with aching back and legs, a headache from all the deafening noise, frizzy hair from the heat of the kitchen and a new realization that most kids today are either slobs or barbarians. I have to imagine that the driving force that kept Aunt May going each day for so many years was simply her amazing talent for cooking combined with her deep love and passion for serving others.

So today and forever I will remember Aunt May. I will remember her example of humble service, her quiet contentment with life, her enjoyment of God's beautiful creation, her love and dedication/devotion to family, her welcoming and warm hospitality (she didn't always know we were coming yet always welcomed us with smile and open arms), her amazing talent for cooking, her creative spirit (as portrayed in her needlework and painted pictures), her ingenious gardening skills (such huge sweet potatoes), her love for travel, her hearty laugh over a good joke, and her funny sense of humor (I remember joking with her over the years about who would get married first, me or her??). I will remember Aunt May each time I take out her recipe and bake her delicious chocolate cupcakes (my kids love them) and I will remember her each time I make a batch of bread and butter pickles using her recipe....as she always had a bowl of homemade pickles available or a fresh batch of cupcakes waiting when we arrived. I will remember the last time we saw her this past April...she was watching the food & cooking channel on TV. I told her she could outcook all of them if given the chance and she smiled and humbly said "Maybe so."

As I look forward to heaven, I can imagine just how and where I will find Aunt May. I will simply follow my nose by the smell of a childhood memory...and there I will find her...with gentle smile serving the heavenly saints at the heavenly tables made of gold....she will see me, and with a warm and extra big smile she will run to me, give me a big hug and then...she will serve me...a freshly baked heavenly-made cream cheese filled chocolate cupcake!!!

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Heidi Drake Hays

September 25, 2009

I remember going to visit Aunt May and thinking it was a special treat to get to eat "Little Box" cereal. Also, watching Wheel of Fortune in color was awesome. Whenever she came to visit us in PA she always would give us money. In later years I have relized that she truly loved giving to her family in these ways because she never had children of her own. I also remember that she wore nice jewelry with her outfits. And am very thankful I have some of those pieces to remember her by. She was a very special Great Aunt and even in the last year it amazed me that she knew who I was and the names of my children. It was always funny to me how Grandma Shuey and her bickered in their own silly way. I can still hear Grandma saying that her sister never writes and calls her. I know that they loved each other and find much comfort in the HOPE that they are together in Heaven. You will be missed Aunt May.

Bob Shuey

September 23, 2009

I can hear Aunt May's crisp, clear voice greeting me as I would enter her room at Broad Acres over these past months, "Well, hello Robert!" What a serving spirit May showed to all. That is so evident in many family snapshots by her absence, because she was behind the camera taking the picture. Although a behind-the-scenes type person throughout life, her influence and example follow in those lives she touched.

Darlene Shuey

September 23, 2009

I also remember those beautiful flower gardens and the work that she put into them to have them the showplace that they were. I remember her beautiful crochet work and the two lovely doilies that she made for our wedding. Thanks, Aunt May, for your life of service to others.

Darla Amig

September 22, 2009

I remember
As a child sitting on Aunt May’s couch surrounded by wood walls.

I remember
Sweet potatoes growing on the kitchen window sill and ham & bean soup.

I remember
Going with Aunt May to a Memorial Day service at the cemetery a short walk away, listening to taps played at every corner.

I remember
Filling all of her bird feeders and looking at the sun dial by the peonies.

I remember
Spending time in the summer with her, going for ice cream with her, Uncle Bill & Billy, driving around Indiantown Gap and weeding the garden. She gave me a straw hat to wear with a ‘bug’ stick in the ribbon that you lit and it smoked. I forgot about it and soon she was yelling that my hat was smoking too.

I remember
Aunt May taking me to my first (and last) grange meeting. I was for sure the youngest one there. And how she warned me not to cross the road to where the boys home was.

I remember
Aunt May rubbing me down with Absorbine Junior when I ran a 3 wheeler into Larry Shuey’s newly white washed chicken coop.

I remember
Taking my kids as they grew up to her house to visit (and check on her) where they could run around the flower beds and then know where to find the box of old toys in the closet.

I remember
Taking Aunt May to the Farmer's Wife for lunch.

I remember
The first time I asked Aunt May to go north with me for Thanksgiving and how surprised everyone was that she actually said yes. She didn’t like to get to far from her house when the snow could fly.

I remember
Just sitting with her when it was hard to hold a conversation due to her not being able to hear you or the coughing if she talked too much.

I remember
Visiting Aunt May after she had to leave her home of many years and wondering in these latter years if she would remember me. She always did. And I’ll always remember her as a very special Great Aunt May.