October 10, 2011

HENDERSON, N.Y.  —  Eva May Clay, 95, of Winter Haven, Fla., and formerly of Henderson, passed away, Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Winter Haven, Fla.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home, Belleville, with Rev. Loren Widrick officiating. Burial will follow in Woodside Cemetery. 

Born June 6, 1916, Henderson, a daughter of Don and Minnie Alexander Ostrom, she graduated from Henderson Central School and Jefferson Community College. 

She married George E. Clay on Nov 10, 1954. 

Eva May began her printing career at the William S. Rice Co. in Adams. She later worked as a linotype operator for Corse Press of Sandy Creek, publishers of the Holstein-Friesian World and the Sandy Creek News. Eva joined the Johnson Newspaper Corporation November 1, 1968, working 13 years as a linotype and key punch operator in the composing room retiring in January of 1982. 

Mr. Clay passed away November 22, 1983. 

Mrs. Clay was a member and past patron of the Eudora Chapter 310 Henderson and past Grand Representative to the Grand Chapter of Colorado from 1975 to 1976. 

Surviving are two step children, Elizabeth Luczynski, Fla., and Michael Clay, Massachusetts; nieces and nephews, Phyllis (Maitland) Petrie, Arthur and Phillip Maitland and Donna K. Montague.  

Two sisters, Emma O. Kepner, Irene Maitland, a brother Arthur Ostrom; and two nieces, Dorothy (Maitland) Caulkins and Marge (Maitland) Wioncek, all died before her. 

Memorial contributions may be made to Newberry Fellowship Baptist Church, 3592 Recker Highway, Winter Haven, FL 33880.

Condolences may be made at www.carpenterstoodley.com.  








Information provided by Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.