Hazel I. Kain

The daughter of Ora T. and Naomi A. Stayner, was born on January 31, 1929, in Angola, Indiana.

Hazel lived a long and meaningful life, marked by love, kindness, and dedication to her family. She loved traveling, gardening, and IU basketball. She worked as a machine operator at Weatherhead in Angola, for several years before she and her family relocated to Orland. She worked in the cafeteria at Orland High School, then at Prairie Heights School Corporation where she retired after 11 years.

She married Cleon Kain on June 23, 1946, and together they shared 55 years of marriage. She was a proud mother of five children, daughters, Connie Bystry (Jerry), Orland, Karol Booth (Bill), Angola, Corrine Putman, Angola, son, Kevin (Kellie), and daughter-in-law,Janet, all of Orland.

A beloved grandmother/great-grandmother/great-great-grandmother to Laura, Mark, Krystal, Julie, Lisa, Kyle, Ben, Dylan, McKenzie, Craig,Corey, Holden, Max, Aeslin, Paige, Parker, Brittney, Zeb, Trevor,Travis, Crimson, Houston, Madison, Kennedy, Blake, McKinley, Naomi, Hunter, Hayes, Grant, Georgia, and Zealand.

Family was at the center of her life and she cherished every moment spent with loved ones.

Hazel will be remembered for her gentle spirit, sense of humor, generosity, work ethic, and positive attitude on life. She touched the lives of all who knew her.

In addition to her husband, Cleon, she was preceded in death by her brother, Ora Dell, Edon, Ohio, son, Rick, son-in-law, Pete Putman, and a great-grandson, Tyler Szapkiw.

She will be dearly missed, but her memory will live on in the hearts of all who loved her.

To honor her request, there will be no viewing or service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Orland Fire & Rescue, P.O. Box 446, Orland, IN or the Joyce Public Library, P.O. Box 240, Orland.

For Grandma Hazel

With heavy hearts we say goodbye,

Yet lift our gaze toward Heaven’s sky.

Today dear Hazel’s race is run,

She’s joined with Cleon and with their son.

Together again where the rivers flow,

To camp and fish as they used to go.

Baking cookies with a steady hand,

Making popcorn to meet the game time demand.

IU hoops with Knight on the floor,

Cheering the Hoosiers forevermore.

Family cookouts, laughter and cheer,

Cleon’s chicken – best far and near.

The charcoal smoked, the juice would drip,

Each basted with love, each precisely flipped.

Cousins played, the adults would swing,

Childhood joy in everything.

Lessons given, gentle and true,

On how to live and what to do.

Her voice still whispers, firm yet kind,

To shape our hearts and guide our mind.