May Bonfils Stanton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1883
Place of Birth: Troy, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 11-Mar-1962
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About May Bonfils Stanton
- Mary Madeline "May" Bonfils Stanton (April 30, 1883 – March 11, 1962) was an American heiress and philanthropist.
- She and her younger sister, Helen Bonfils, succeeded their father, Frederick Gilmer Bonfils, as principal owners of The Denver Post.
- However, May's elopement at age 21 with a non-Catholic salesman had forged a rift in her relationship with her parents and sister that worsened when Helen inherited the lion's share of their parents' estates.
- Following a three-year legal battle over the inheritance, the sisters cut off all communication with each other.
- May married twice but did not have children.
- Living a reclusive life, she invested her fortune into building and furnishing her 750-acre (300 ha) estate in Lakewood, Colorado – which included a mansion that was an exact replica of Marie Antoinette's Petit Trianon château in Versailles – and into many philanthropic endeavors in the state of Colorado.
- The Bonfils–Stanton Foundation, established by her second husband after her death in 1962, continues to support the arts in Colorado.
- She was posthumously inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1985.
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