St. Clair County Obits

VICTOR W. RAINS

Clinton Daily Democrat
6 August 2001
Victor W. Rains, 86, Duncan, Oklahoma, died Friday, August 3. Funeral services were 1 p.m. Monday, August 6, at Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. He was born June 22, 1915, in Rockville, the son of James O. and Ora Bell (Chastain) Rains. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Navy. He owned and operated Vic Rains Food Mart. He was a city councilman of Duncan, 1978-84, president of the Duncan Booster Club for two terms, a Mason, and a member of the Red Red Rose. He was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. He was married to Blanche E. Patterson on March 31, 1946, in Winfield, Kansas. He is survived by his wife, Blanche, of the home; one daughter, Helen and her husband, Frank Hudson of Duncan; one son, Rusty Rains and his wife, Carla, of Joplin; one sister, Zida Sunderwirth, Osceola; one sister-in-law, June Hobart, Cedar Vale, Kansas; brother-in-law, Louis Harp and his wife, Frances, Independence; eight grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and special friends, Carl and Kay Merrill and family. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Patty Ann Rapp of Appleton City.