Janet Eileen May was born October 23, 1939 in Newton, Kansas to Dean W. Dryden and Edith McCabe Dryden and passed from this life March 4, 2024 at the age of 84.

Janet spent her earliest years in Manhattan, Kansas where she attended grade school. Her father was a military Chaplin and she lived on several military bases around the world. She lived in Germany twice and later graduated high school in Tokyo, Japan. She had a very full and interesting life. Following high school graduation, Janet attended Southwest College n Winfield, Kansas.

In 1958 she married Kenneth May and to this union four children were born. A daughter Deborah Darlene May preceded her in death in 1979. Her parents and a brother, Lowell Dryden, and her longtime friend Luella Mosco also died earlier.

Janet worked some ten years as a computer operator for a Wichita, Kansas hospital. She loved gardening, baking, and she was a gifted artist which was displayed in her beautiful paintings.  Janet had resided in the Wetumka area since 1992. Her sons remember her as a "heck" of a momma.

Survivors include: 3 children, Cheryl J. Hendricks of Florida, Bobby Dean May of Stidham, and Scott Eugene May of Okemah; along with 11 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.

Viewing and visitation will be held Friday, March 8 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A graveside service will be held Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at the Wetumka Cemetery with Rev. Monte Busby officiating. Interment will follow under the direction of Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home of Wetumka.