Celebration of life services for Darrell Gene Cain, 64, Ponca City resident, will be held Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Marland Community Center with Pastor Chris Short officiating. Committal prayers and interment will follow in I.O.O.F. Cemetery under the kind guidance of the Amy Stittsworth Funeral Service and Cremation Directors.
Darrell Cain, known respectfully as Brother Cain, was born on January 3, 1952 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, the son of Alfred and Lola Butterfield Cain. He passed away peacefully on July 25, 2016 at his residence. Darrell was raised and educated in Ponca City, graduating from Ponca City High School with the class of 1970. As a young man, Darrell played basketball, football, and bowling, where he made many lifetime friends. Being part river rat, Darrell and other ‘rowdy rowers’ participated in the Ponca City Raft Races for years. Darrell and his teammates designed and built their own rafts. His teams always had an entertaining time! (Clark Kent was rumored to be with them on one ride.) Costume designing was another one of Darrell’s talents. His imagination and inginuity inspired many interesting Halloween costumes. He worked in the oilfield services, beginning at Cain’s Oilfield Services, the business his father started. Brother Cain worked in and around the oilfield business his whole life. He was a pipefitter, and, later worked for the Labor’s Union until retirement in 2007. Darrell married Kathy in Newkirk, Oklahoma on March 28, 2003. Kathy and Darrell were best friends and shared a wonderful life together. He loved to be outdoors - camping, cooking, fishing, floating down the Salt Fork River. Every Sunday, you could find him with friends and family playing horseshoes. And, How Bout Them Cowboys! Darrell had a love for Oklahoma State University. Rarely would you see him out of OSU orange. Darrell and Kathy had season football tickets and loved tailgating. He loved his grandbabies, spending as much time with them as possible. Darrell was devoted to his family and his friends. Darrell lived life to the fullest-fun, friends, and family. Sometimes, it was hard to distinguish the friends from the family, because, in his heart, they were one in the same. All of us that were touched by his life have been blessed. He is loved and will be missed. Darrell is survived by his wife, Kathy Cain of the residence; his brother, David Cain of Ponca City; his children, Dusty Patrick of Westwood, Kansas, Jennie Boggs and husband Dan of Waipahu, HI, Sarah Hollingsworth and husband Dustin of Ponca City, Becky Cain of Ponca City, Aaron Cain of Ponca City. Six grandchildren, Mikhail and Riley Hollingsworth, Emma Lawson, Kensley Cain, Tristan and Adeline Cain, all of Ponca City. Darrell was preceded in passing by his parents, Alfred and Lola Cain; grandparents, Bill and Mary Cain, his uncle Jake Butterfield, and his aunt Clara Jane Case. The family has selected memorial donations be made payable to Hospice of North Central Oklahoma with the Stittsworth’s coordinating. Remembrances may be shared online at www.stittsworthfuneralservices.com.
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