{"id":37618,"date":"2026-06-26T08:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=37618"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:49:31","slug":"jimmy-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/jimmy-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jimmy C. May, 70, of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday evening, June 24, 2026 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was born on July 5, 1955 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to the late Silven C. and Juanita (Gibson) May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lg-86.jpg?resize=640%2C801&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37619\" style=\"width:328px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lg-86.jpg?w=818&amp;ssl=1 818w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lg-86.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lg-86.jpg?resize=768%2C961&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jimmy was a member of the Ironworkers Union Local 147. He was also a member of the Sons of the American Legion in Monroeville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jimmy was an accomplished ironworker, retiring after 32 years of employment. He took great pride in the number of projects he assisted in building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He found true joy in the quiet rhythm of gardening and the stillness of the lake. For him, owning a pontoon wasn&#8217;t just about enjoying the water\u2014it was about the happiness he felt sharing those peaceful rides with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Survivors include his son, Andrew May of Monroeville, Indiana; son, Jimmy May Jr. of Fort Wayne, Indiana; sister, Linda (Larry) Pray of Hoagland, Indiana; brother, Thomas (Nina) May of Monroeville, Indiana; and two grandchildren, Janelle May and Luca May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inurnment will be held at a later date at Monroeville Memorial Cemetery. Check the Zwick &amp; Jahn website or Facebook page for updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preferred memorials may be given to Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy C. May, 70, of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday evening, June 24, 2026 at Parkview Regional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-37618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37620,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37618\/revisions\/37620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}