Janice Marie May, 84, of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 after a brief illness with heart disease.

Janice Marie was born on February 1, 1938 following the birth of her identical twin, Janet Ruth, much to the surprise of her parents Earl F. and Mildred Smith Copeland in Shelby, Ohio. After Janice graduated from Shelby High School in 1956, she was married and moved to Frankfort, Indiana.

Two children were born and raised while living in Clinton County, Michael Abbott (Jennifer) of Crawfordsville, IN and Laura Abbott Cohen (David Hackett) of Jamestown, IN. Janice worked many years at the Clinton County Courthouse; first as the Circuit Court Reporter and additionally as a Clerk in the Prosecutor's Office. She also operated and owned her own small court reporting business and spent countless hours recording and transcribing depositions wearing out the keys of her Selectric typewriter.

In 1986 Janice married the love of her life, John R. May, and semi-retired and moved to Sanford, North Carolina. There she founded and started the first hospice center in the county where Janice and John spent many years devoting their love and care to in-home hospice patients. They also shared a love for crafting and would travel in their motorhome from show to show peddling their crafts and making friends from all over the country. Their biggest adventure was a 100+ day cross country tour to Alaska and back and checking off all the states they visited along the way.

In 2001 they "retired" from the road and bought residences back home in Indiana and spent winters at Clerbrook Golf and RV Park in Clermont, FL where Janice was the Treasurer of the Clerbrook Church @ the Hearth until this past year. She also volunteered for many years preparing communion at Traders Point Church and at The Hearth Church. She enjoyed baking, playing cards, beating everyone at pegs-n-jokers, making cross-stitch quilts for all her grandchildren and great-children, taking bus trips to Biloxi and Tunica and going to see the Gaithers with her Clerbrook friends. She looked forward to her sister trips to Shipshewana and the annual camping trips with the nieces and nephews. She remained very active until the last few months of her life. Most of all she loved spending time her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is survived by her children Michael (Jennifer) Abbott; grandchildren, Samuel and Zoe Abbott, and Laura Cohen (David Hackett); grandchildren Nicholas (Adria) Cohen, Ryan (Marina Marquart) Cohen, Lauren (Cory) Sears and 5 great-grandchildren.

Her bonus sons, Raymond (Vicki Hummel) May, Rick (Kathy) May, Kenneth (Dianne) May and grandsons, Heath May, John May; Zach (April) May, Kyle (Katie) May, Devon (Katie) May and Kurt (Logen Willey) May and 16 great-grandchildren.

Her sisters; Janet Ebersole, Irene May and Sandra (Richard) Brandon and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband and parents.

We invite you to a come as you are celebration of her life on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Eagle Church in Whitestown, Indiana. We will gather at 10:00 a.m.; memorial ceremony at 11:00; luncheon at church immediately following.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made in her name to either the Montgomery County Youth Services Bureau at www.mcysb.org or Cornerstone Hospice, 2445 Lane Park Road, Tavares, FL 32778 at www.cornerstonehospice.org