Rosco Oliver May

1946 - 2025

Rosco Oliver May, age 79 passed away at his home in Blackfoot, Idaho on August 9, 2025.

He was born on June 15, 1946, in Boise, Idaho to Wilmer Porter May and Ila Loveland.

He loved his childhood growing up with his 7 siblings. Rosco and his brothers loved getting into mischief.

Rosco was always worried about his sisters and felt he needed to protect them. He lived in Boise for all his childhood except for a short time in Pocatello, Idaho.

At the age of 10 years old it became a competition between his brothers to see who could get to their father's lawnmower, to mow their neighbor's lawns. This kicked off a lifetime of competition between his brothers.

At around the age of 12-15 years old he had a newspaper route. It was the largest route in the state of Idaho. He started out doing the evening route and worked his way up to the morning route stretching 7 1/2 miles. He did this on foot or on his bicycle.

At age 15 years old he started bagging groceries at Albertsons. By the time he was 19 he had worked his way up to being a manager in the store on Broadway. Later he moved to Provo, Utah to continue his education at BYU. He worked for Meadow Gold Ice Cream plant stocking trucks on the night crew. After attending BYU, he and Rinda moved back to Boise. He decided to move on and started working for the Lytle brothers doing commercial insulation. His insulating career brought him to Blackfoot, Idaho. He took a job out at the INL as an industrial insulator. He retired from the INL working as a project planner.

In High School, besides working every day he played in the Marching Band. He was an accomplished trombone player. In 1962 he played at the Seattle's State Fair with the Borah High School Marching Band.

As a teenager in his spare time, he enjoyed going duck hunting and bird hunting with his brothers.

As a teenager, with his own money, he bought himself a 1939 Plymouth Businessman Coupe. He loved that car. It was a homemade hot rod, that he kept running with chicken wire and chewing gum. He loved to drag race in that car. It was a one-seater but had a huge trunk with a rumble seat in it, he had a lot of fun times with that car.

Rosco served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From 1965 to 1967 in the Chile Santiago Mission. The day Rosco returned home he attended the Saturday Night Dance, where he met eyes with Rinda Davis. It was love at first sight and he proposed to her on Valentines Day. They were married on May 14, 1968, in the Logan Utah Temple. They enjoyed 57 years together.

After Rosco returned home from his mission he played on the city softball team. He was an awesome Home Run hitter. Later in life, he loved coaching his daughter's softball teams, and he also enjoyed coaching his son's little league baseball teams.

In his early married years, he loved golfing, bird hunting, and fishing. Every summer when his children were young, he took them on the Annual Camping trip with the Brad Adams family. Many of his grandkids love to fish because of their trips with Grandpa.

Rosco loved working with the youth in his church, especially in the Scouting Program helping boys achieve their Eagle Scout Awards. One of his favorite callings was serving with his wife Rinda as Ward Mission Leaders. He enjoyed all his various callings within the church. He had a strong testimony, and He loved the Lord.

Rosco loved gardening and having a beautiful yard. He enjoyed working in his yard every year up until he couldn't physically do it. He always shared his harvests with family and friends.

Every summer he looked forward to the W. Porter May Reunion. He loved gathering amongst his parents, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews and cousins. He was the storyteller and loved making everyone laugh and feel Special.

Rosco loved to meet new people, he never met a stranger. As the years went on his stories became bigger and better. After retirement he enjoyed volunteering with family members in Chesterfield, where many of his ancestors were born and raised.

His wife and children were honored to care for him in the last few weeks of his life. He passed peacefully with his loved ones by his side in his home. Rosco was happiest in his home with his wife Rinda and his beloved dog Annie.

Rosco is survived by his wife Rinda May, his children, Clint (Kellie) May, Rebecca (Aaron) Clark, Andrew May, Arin Callister, Lacee (Cole) Hansen. 16 grandchildren and 10 great gradchildren with one due in December. He is also survived by his brothers, Milo (Kay) May, Perry (Patty) May, Varne (Lori) May, Cleon (Jill) May, sisters, Penni (Jack) Jensen, Denise (John) Egbert, Deneal (Greg) Egbert.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Wilmer Porter May and ILa Loveland, baby sister Glenadine and one grandson, Porter Rosco May.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, August 16, 2025 at the Moreland LDS church. A viewing will take place the night prior from 6-8 p.m. at Hawker Funeral Home and again an hour prior the day of the service at the church.