IN MEMORIAM
Francis Hart May Jr., 99;
Fortune 500 VP, WWII Vet
COOPERSTOWN – Francis Hart May, Jr., 99, a retired Johns-Mansville executive vice president and decorated World War II veteran, died at the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home on Wednesday, July 13. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
Francis – better known as “Duck” – was born in 1917 in Dunkirk, Ind.
He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and Harvard Business School prior to serving as a first lieutenant in the Philippines during World War II. Wounded twice during the war, he received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for heroism under fire.
