Scott Michael May

Scott was born on October 17th, 1972, to Don and Carole May in St. Paul Minnesota. Scott began swimming competitively in the 4th grade. Throughout high school, he established several speed records, provided leadership as team captain, and was recognized as a 6-year letterman. Scott also competed at the Jr. Olympic level and was recruited by many colleges and universities because of his talents. He credited swimming with providing him the drive and discipline to pursue his dreams and future goals.

Scott always enjoyed constructing prosthetic special effects, especially futuristic sculptures. He would find random things throughout the house and remake them into elaborate models or even new tools. His wife nicknamed him “MacGyver.” With this mechanical aptitude, he pursued a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design and Model Making, graduating from Bemidji State University (MN) with honors in 1995.

After college, Scott started his first job at Reh Kemper ID, kickstarting a 27-year vocation in product design and engineering. He ended his career as a Design Engineer at RTC, a global organization for retail solutions. Scott’s experience in injection molding made him an expert in the development of high-volume plastic and his versatility with different mediums generated some of the most visited environments in the marketplace today. Recently, Scott was gratified when the PTO granted his team a multilayered patent. His product line is used all over the United States and globally.

Scott’s true passion was toys. He created prototypes for top selling brands, including Marvel Transformers, The Thing, Spider Man, Ghost Rider, Dancing Dora the Explorer, and BMX Bikes.

His innovation, work ethic, and rock-solid engineering will continue to be experienced by shoppers all over the world.

Scott is survived by his wife, Kimberly, whom he married on August 24, 2002, and their two daughters, Maya (15) and Alana (13). As a family, they had many adventures together and particularly enjoyed traveling, hiking and thrill-seeking whether at theme parks or monster truck rallies. Scott was the absolute most proud of being a father. Maya and Alana were the light of his life (and he was delighted they followed in his footsteps to swim competitively).

Scott is also survived by his parents, Don and Carole, as well as his siblings, Tracy Kerber and Brian May (Chasi) and nieces and nephews, Tyler (Emily), Kiya, Aiden and Neal.

A much loved, talented, creative individual, in addition to an all-around funny guy, Scott will be sorely missed by his family, co-workers and a host of friends.

Visitation is this Sunday, February 27, 2022, from 1-3 p.m. with a service to immediately follow at 3 p.m., both at Drake & Son Funeral Home, 5303 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625.