Beulah Vivian Austin

AUSTIN CAIN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 4/12/2010 at 18:24:35

Woodbury County History 1984

Beulah Vivian (Austin) Cain
By Virginia Cain

Beulah Vivian Austin’s parents were Ward Austin Isabel’s obituary, Ward was born in 1879 and Isabel was born January 13, 1886. They were married in South Sioux City, Nebraska, August 11, 1904. Their children were: Beulah Vivian, born January 7, 1906 in South Sioux City, Nebraska; Irene; Rozella; Lewis; and Gorman.

As his granson remembers hearing his mother says, Ward worked in ice houses, moving ice around, for Central West Ice House at Crystal Lake in South Sioux City, Nebraska.

Ward died in 1936 according to Isabel’s obituary. His grandson said he remembers that the heard that Ward went to the well to get a drink of water and he said, ‘Boy that water tastes good’, and he just died of a heart attack.

Isabel died the end of May in 1957, around the time her great grandson, Terry, was born on May 30, 1957. She lived in South Sioux City, Nebraska, at the time of her death.

She worked as dishwater at Woolworths for a time in Sioux City. Isabel was a member of the First Methodist Church in South Sioux City, Nebraska.

Ward and Isabel’s children got married and raised families. Irene married Axel Nelson and had one daughter, Jeraldine.

Rozella married Harvey Markee and had: Jeanette, Robert, Jerald, Shirley and LaVonne.

Lewis married Bernadine Kraft and they had Claudine, who died when she was about six or seven and got hit by a car. They also had a son named Steve.

Gorham married Charlotte (?) and had: Kathleen, Charlene and Michael. Michael was killed in a car accident.

Beulah married Amiel Ben Cain. According to her obituary it was February 18, 1925, at LeMars, Iowa. They lived in Sioux City.

While still at home with her parents, Beulah used to help take cae of her sisters and brothers as she was the oldest.

Beulah worked and lived in Sioux City before her marriage as her son remembers hearing. She was a cook at T S Martins Department Store until she left to go to work at Woolworths. She was employed as a cook at Woolworths in Sioux City for 19 years. Ill health caused her to retire in 1956, according to her obituary.
She was a member of the Northwestern Railroad Auxiliary and the Glendale Baptist Church.
She loved flowers. She had flowers in the yard and lots of houseplants. One year she got an Easter lily for Easter. When spring came she transplanted it outside. When cold weather came she brought it in and it bloomed at Christmas time. She was so proud of it.
Beulah used to build castles with dominoes for the grandchildren to know down; she would build them up again and again. She’d also stand them up in a snake line and have the kids push the first one and watch them fall one on to the other all the way down the line. The kids would laugh and she would do it again. They had lots of fun doing it.
She likes to go fishing and camping. She didn’t like to fish but liked the camping and she liked to eat the fish.
She was a hard worker. Sick or well, she would clean the house and go to work.
She would put in a big garden.
During the Depression she used to bake bread and the neighbors would come over and enjoy the fruits of her labor. She enjoyed their coming over.