Obituary of Paul Mays
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West Liberty, Iowa
Paul Richard Mays, 61, died Wednesday September 19, 2012 at his home.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M. Monday September 24, 2012 at the First Church United in West Liberty. Visitation will be held Sunday from 12 noon to 3 P.M. at the church. Burial will be in Shawver Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Iowa. The Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com. A memorial fund has been established.
Paul was born July 21, 1951 in Iowa City, Iowa the son of Wallace and Dorothy Dedrick Mays. He was a graduate of West Liberty High School in 1969. On July 18, 1986 he was united in marriage to Cindy Achenbach Noring. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1991 with a degree in Psychology and also received his Nursing Home Administrators Certificate from Des Moines Area Community College that same year.
He was employed at Mechanicsville Nursing and Rehab Center, Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty, Donnellson Health Center, Montrose Health Center and of recent was a paraprofessional at City High in Iowa City. Paul loved the Iowa Hawkeyes.
He is survived by his wife Cindy of West Liberty. Four sons: Christopher (Brook) Noring of Elburn, Illinois, Pablo (Melissa) Mays of Tuscumbia, Alabama, Ian (Karli) Mays of Chicago, Illinois, and Gabe Rosales of Iowa City. 4 grandchildren: Jordan Mays, Nola, Audrey and Letty Noring. 2 sisters: Barbara (Jaime) Fairchild of Kendall, Kansas, Mary Ellen (Michael) Kuebler of Ormond Beach, Florida. One brother: James (Sharon) Mays of West Branch. Mother-in-law: Gloria (Jim) Fisher. Sister-in-law: Tracey Achenbach and two brother-in-laws: Jeff (Linda) Achenbach and Rick (Aline) Achenbach. Several nieces and nephews also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents and father-in-law: Dick Achenbach.