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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, IN
(DOD 19 Apr 1993)
Herbert L. Cain
Herbert L. Cain, 79, Geneva, a former rural Bryant resident, died Monday in Jay County
Hospital, Portland.
He was born on March 14, 1914 in Jay County and married Kathryn Chew on November 7, 1937.
She survives.
He retired from the CTS plant in Berne in 1977 and was also a retired farmer. He was a
member of Sardinia Congregational Christian church in Bryant.
Other survivors include two sons, Michael and Paul Cain, both of Portland; two daughters,
Mrs. Pearly (Ruth Ann) Cunningham, Pittsburgh; and Mrs. Dan (Patti) Haffner, Troy,
Michigan; a sister, Irma Myers, Berne; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a son, Richard Cain; two brothers; and two sisters.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Downing Funeral home, Geneva, Revs. Robert
Boyce and Marty Wright officiating. Burial will be in West Lawn Cemetery, Geneva. Visiting
hours are 1-5 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. -1 p.m. Thursday. Preferred memorials are
to the church.