Obituary of Sara May
Sara (Sally) Korswig May passed away peacefully on December 29, 2025 at Day Kimball Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on September 10, 1931 to Alfred and Vivian (Newton) Korswig in Bristol, CT and spent her childhood in Thompson before moving to East Woodstock in 1945. She married Wesley May in 1951 and they spent nearly fifty years together until his passing in 2001, raising their four sons in the village of East Woodstock.
Sally graduated from The Woodstock Academy (class of 1948) and earned a business degree from Bryant University. In addition to managing the household she worked in administrative roles for the Woodstock public schools, the Woodstock town hall, and for twenty years at Day Kimball Hospital, retiring in 1995. She enjoyed reading, music, art, nature, and animals. Sally was a caring person known especially for her spark and her dry sense of humor.
After retirement Sally became an intrepid traveler. Her journeys took her to Norway, Alaska, Bermuda, Canada, and across much of the continental United States. At home she was deeply involved in the East Woodstock Congregational Church and community affairs and had many lifelong friends in the town. Together with her sons, she entered into conservation easements that will preserve the 125-acre family farm against development in perpetuity. She gratefully appreciated her life in the village and her ability to live independently in her home until 2025 when she relocated to Westview Health Care Center.
She took her greatest joy spending time with her family and her home was often the gathering place for holidays and special events. She is survived by her brother Karl (Ann) of Woodstock, sons Dale (Kate) of Hampton, Doug of Pomfret, Darrell of Dayville, and Derek (Valerie) of Pomfret. She also leaves grandsons Daniel, Aaron, Trevor, Jordan, and David, and granddaughter Emily Brown, four great granddaughters (Lucy, Ariel, Mia, Evelyn), and nieces Karen Doyle, Terri Ducharme, Joann Ainslie, and Jamie Thompson. The family would especially like to thank all of the care assistants from Assisted Living Services and Westview who provided care and friendship to Sally in her later years.
A memorial service will be held January 17, 2026 at 11am at the East Woodstock Congregational Church, 220 Woodstock Road, East Woodstock with a reception to follow. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations in Sally’s memory be made to the May Memorial Library, P.O. Box 14, East Woodstock, CT 06244, or to the Muddy Brook Fire Dept., P.O. Box 222, East Woodstock, CT 06244.
The Smith and Walker Funeral Home, 148 Grove Street, Putnam, CT is in charge of the arrangements. Share a memory at Smithandwalkerfh.com