RICHFIELD SPRINGS - May E. Pendergast, age 93, formerly of East Lake Street, and widow of Joseph Pendergast died in Valley Health Services. She was born on June 25, 1911, in Brooklyn, a daughter of the late Charles and Josephine (Miller) Erkman. She was educated in Queens graduating from Jamaica High School. May continued her education graduating from Pratt Institute as a court stenographer. On August 28, 1953 she married Joseph M. Pendergast in Massapequa Long Island. For nineteen years she worked with the New York City Housing Authority as a Supervisor of the Legal Department of Stenographers, retiring in 1959. Coming from New Jersey, May and her husband made their home in Richfield Springs in the early 1970s. During this time they also owned and operated the Royal Pine Lodge and Cottages in Burnham Maine until 1983. She was a member of the Richfield Springs Seniors. May was a caring and giving person. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting and making clothes nor her nieces, grand nieces and nephews. Surviving her are two nieces, Arlene Stutzmann of Pittsburg, PA, Barbara Mack of Vero Beach, FL, several grand nieces and nephews. Besides her husband she was preceded in death by her brother Vincent Erkman, and two sisters, Dorothy Stutzmann, and Anna Denike. Funeral service will be on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. in the Church of Christ Uniting, Richfield Springs. Reverend William Harkins, Pastor will officiate. The family will be present in J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, 40 West James Street, Richfield Springs, on Tuesday from 10:00am until 12:00 noon to receive relatives and friends. Memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home