Gregory M.K. Cain

Oct. 9, 1955 - Nov. 17, 2000

NILES — Gregory M.K. Cain,  45.  of 33260 Rohlfs Lane, was found dead Friday in his home from a gunshot wound. The cause of death is being investigated by the Michigan State Police. Survivors include two daughters, Jamie L. and Chelsea M., both at home; his mother, Donnabelle Cain of South Bend; his father, Raymond E. Cain of Sheldon, Ill.; three sisters, Donnarae Wines of Buchanan, and Cheri Stephens and Robin Mather, both of Niles; and a brother, Lance of Niles. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Halbritter Funeral Home, where friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Joseph F. Cain

Funeral services for Joseph F. Cain, 72, of 1236 Phoenix St., will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Kiger Funeral Home. The Rev. Gordon Jackson, pastor of the First Church of God, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

He died at 4:15 a.m.  April 6, 1964, today in Pawating Hospital, where he had been a patients since February 12. he had been ill a year.

Mr. Cain who retired eight years ago from services as a guard at the Kawneer Company, was born May 13, 1891, in Lake City, Minn. He came I to Niles from Tonopah, Nev. In 1918.

Survivors include his widow, Melba R.; a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Schrader, Dowagiac; three sons, Phillip D. and Joseph F, both of Niles and Richard B., Smithtown, Long Island, Y; three brothers, Paul, Colonsay Sask, Can, Harry Saskatoon Sask, Cain and Ira Owatonso, Minn. And 14 grandchildren.

Friends are being received at the funnel home.

Josephine Cain (Wood)

Mrs. Josephine Cain, 54, of 1522 Cherry St., died yesterday at 9:30 a.m. in Billings Hospital, Chicago. She had been ill 2 1/2 years.

Mrs. Cain, a school teacher in Clay Township, Ind., was born October 30, 1907 in Peculiar, MO.  She was married to Orin (Mike) Cain on May 26, 1943. He survives.

Other survivors include her mother, Mrs. Leta Wood, Peculiar; four sisters, Mrs. Dwight Whitten, Mrs. Gail Steiner, and Mrs. Charles Murphy, all of Niles and miss Margaret Wood, Peculiar; a brother, Robert C. Wood of Advance, MO.

Her father, LeRoy M. Wood preceded her in death.

She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Westminster Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Kenneth Carey officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends will be received at the Pifer Funeral Home from 7 p.m. today till noon Saturday.

NILES--Lucybelle Cain, who served as Niles city treasurer from 1960 to 1973, died at around 10 p.m. Monday in Lakeland Medical Center, Niles, following a brief illness. She was 78.

"She did a capable job. She was a very nice, pleasant lady," said Victor Gutshenritter, who worked for the utilities department during the time Ms. Cain was treasurer.

Ms. Cain first decided to run for the post when her neighbor retired from the job, said her sister-in-law, Lillian Holmes. Ms. Cain never lost an election and chose to retire after 13 years.

"She liked working with the people," Holmes said.

Before that, Ms. Cain worked in an office at Pawating Hospital in Niles. Ms. Cain was a lifelong Niles resident and a 1938 graduate of Niles High School. She was known for her love of dogs.

Ms. Cain also was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Niles, where services will take place at 11 a.m. Friday.