DONNA LUCILLE CAIN

GARDNER, Kan.- Cremation with a Celebration of Life will be held at a later date for Donna Lucille Cain, 82, Gardner, who died Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Olathe Hospice House.

Arrangements are under the direction of Bruce Funeral Home.

Condolences may be left at www.brucefuneralhome.com.

Survivors include her daughters, Carmen Harman and husband Richard, Shawnee, Carol Schmidt and husband Gregory, Gardner and Bridgette Gray and husband Damian, Gardner; a brother, Marvin Riley and wife Betty, Independence, Mo.; grandchildren, Emily Harman and husband Stephen, Cory Harman and wife Nicole and Layne Gray and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence; her sisters, Maxine Ford, Edith Totman, Norma June Minor, Davona Carnes and Reba Lee and brothers, Eugene Riley, Jack Riley and Burton Riley.

Mrs. Cain was born March 20, 1938, in Iantha, Mo., to James Monroe and Arvilla M (Guss) Riley. She grew up in Liberal, Mo. and was a graduate of Liberal High School. She married Clarence W. Cain on March 10, 1959, in Newport, Mo. They then made their home in Kansas City, Kan. In 1996 she moved to Gardner to be near her family.

She was a homemaker and treasured being with her family more than anything. She loved to feed everyone and would ask you if you had eaten when you walked in her door. She liked being outdoors, working with her flowers or playing with her dog in the backyard. She enjoyed making homemade ice cream, playing cards, shopping and quilting. Her passion was going to the “boat”. If you couldn’t find her on a Wednesday, the boat was where she could be found. Her kids lovingly called Wednesday “Boat Day”.