In Memory

James McCain - Class Of 1954

James McCain

James David McCain, 85, of Kokomo, peacefully passed away at 3:44 a.m. Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, after battling dementia.
He was born in Kokomo on April 22, 1936, to the late J. Reid and Hope (Kendall) McCain.
Jim is a graduate of Delphi High School. He served in the United States Army from 1954-1956, where he was stationed in Germany during the Korean Conflict. Jim thoroughly enjoyed welding for the Howard County Highway Department and made many lifelong friends over the nearly 40 years he worked with the "County Boys," as he liked to call them. He enjoyed discussing Republican politics, hunting arrowheads, studying the Bible, raising cows, organic gardening and feeding his beloved deer and birds.
Jim is survived by his children, Rebecca (Tony) Vent, Micah (Jennifer) McCain; grandchildren, Katherine (Katie) Vent, Molly McCain and Emily McCain; and siblings, JoAnne Gordon and Lynda Brooks.
He was preceded in death by two of his children, David McCain and Kathy McCain; and siblings, Nancy Kremers, John Kendall McCain, Jane Geroux, Patricia Kanable, Marialyce Knoll, William McCain, Frederick McCain and Julia McCain.
Friends may visit with the family from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 27, followed by a funeral service at noon at Shirley & Stout Funeral Home, Jefferson Street Chapel, 414 W. Jefferson St. Burial will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery with military honors provided by the United States Army and the Kokomo VFW Military Rites Team. Donations may be made in Jim's memory to the Alzheimer's Association. Messages of condolence may be left online at www.shirleyandstout.com.
Published on November 23, 2021