Everett Milton Cain

Everett Milton Cain, the son of Oscar and Edith Jordan Cain, was born August 5, 1905, at Bagley. He attended country school and graduated from Bagley High School. At the age of 17, Everett made his first trip to Chicago to sell cattle for his father.

Everett entered Iowa State College at Ames and received his mechanical engineering degree in 1927. He was devoted to the Iowa State College Marching Band and participated in the first VEISHEA even there.

Everett was a grain farmer and cattle feeder. He married Helen Duntman in 1940 and they made their home on a farm north of Bagley. Later they moved near Herdon, where Everett became manager of City Service Oil Company, a fertilizer outlet.

Everett was a life-long member of the Methodist Church. He was a charter president of the Bagley Lions Club and had been a Guthrie County supervisor for six years. He loved flying and flew his own plane out West to buy cattle and to Chicago to sell cattle.

After retirement in 1973, Everett and Helen moved to their home at Lake San Marcos, CA, where they spent 18 years, returning to Bagley for the summer months. In 1992, they moved back to Bagley permanently.

Everett died at his home October 10, 2001, at the age of 96 years. His parents preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife, Helen, of Bagley, a son, a daughter, five grandchildren; other relatives and friends.