Thelma Jane (Wagner) Cain (2015)
CAIN, WAGNER, ADDY, HAMILTON, WOLFE, KOLTHOFF
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 9/2/2015 at 20:46:45
Ritchie Funeral Home
Lennox, Iowa
Wednesday, September 02, 2015THELMA JANE CAIN, Lenox
Apr 14, 1928 - Sep 01, 2015
Celebration of Life Memorial Services for Thelma Cain, age 87, of Creston, formerly of Lenox, who passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston will be held Friday, September 4, 2015 at 2:00 PM at the Lenox United Methodist Church. A time of fellowship with the family will follow the services at the church. Private family inurnment will be held at the North Fairview Cemetery in Lenox. Memorials can be given in Thelma’s name. Memories can be shared with the family at www.ritchiefuneralhome.com under Obituaries. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Lenox.
Thelma Jane (Wagner) Cain was born April 14, 1928, in Madison County, Iowa the daughter of Carl Wagner and Mary (Addy) Wagner. She grew up attending country schools, graduating from high school in Patterson, Iowa with the Class of 1945.
Thelma worked at JC Penney in Winterset, Iowa for 5 years until she was united in marriage to Raymond (Curly) Cain of Lenox, Iowa in 1950. In 1951, Curly went into the United States Air Force, while Thelma stayed with her parents in Winterset until he completed his training; they were stationed in Wyoming and Bellingham, Washington where she worked at JC Penney again. While Curly was in Korea, she moved back to her parents again until they were stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska where she worked for Mutual of Omaha. They moved to Lenox in 1958, where she worked for Porter's Dry Goods and Bennett & Son before eventually becoming a full-time homemaker.
Thelma and Curly were blessed with two daughters; Candy (Steve) Hamilton of Creston and Carla (LeAnn) Cain of Des Moines.
She was a devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother. Thelma enjoyed making her house a warm, inviting home for her family and friends. She loved to cook and sew. Some of her fondest memories are of golfing and spending the winter months in Arizona. She belonged to the Lenox United Methodist Church for many years and was very active in Eastern Star¬.
Left to cherish Thelma’s memory is her loving husband, Curly Cain of Creston; daughters, Candy and Carla; five grandchildren, Erica (Jason) Wolfe, Kyle Kolthoff, Alex Kolthoff, Dustin (Amanda) Hamilton and Kassandra Hamilton; great-grandchildren, Quinton Kolthoff and Ayva Kolthoff, and many nieces and nephews.
Thelma is preceded in death by her sister, Carolyn; brother, Harold Wagner; sister-in-law, Lois Wagner; her parents; and her in-laws.
The memory of a well-spent life never dies.
We will forever hold our precious memories in our hearts.
May you be at peace in God’s loving care.
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