A tireless and selfless fundraiser

May Storrie CBE, one of Scotland’s leading philanthropists, has died aged 78 in a hospice she raised millions of pounds helping to create.

Tributes are being paid to May Storrie CBE, 78, who died peacefully with her family beside her on May 21 2023 at Glasgow’s Marie Curie Hospice – a centre she, alongside her late husband Donald, were instrumental in helping establish.

May and her late husband Donalde helped raise £16m through the Big Build Appeal to ensure the hospice became a reality with the centre now supporting thousands of patients and families facing terminal illnesses.

Marie Curie chief executive Matthew Reed paid tribute.

“Not only was May a caring and compassionate individual, her two decades’ worth of commitment to our Glasgow hospice and nursing service saw her raise hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations.

"Donald and May’s legacy lives on in the very fabric of our Glasgow hospice building and we are privileged to have been able to care for both of them at the end of their lives.”

May was elected Lord Dean of Guild at The Merchant House, Glasgow and second citizen of Glasgow in 2021. She was the first-ever female Lord Dean to be appointed for over 400 years.

She undertook many civic roles including at COP26 welcoming visitors to the City, leading tributes to the late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and part of the team that welcomed the Princess Royal to Glasgow after her mother’s passing.

May Storrie is survived by her two sons Stuart and Grahame, her grandsons Jack and Bruce, her daughter-in-law Kathryn.