San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Cain, Millard R. August 9 2004
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The Record  August 11, 2004
Stockton
Millard R. Cain 
Sept. 26, 1914 - Aug. 9, 2004



Millard R. Cain was born September 26, 1914 in Newman Grove, Nebraska, the 
youngest of five children. He came to Stockton in 1938 and went into the 
service station business on Pacific Avenue. He and friend Joe Plecarpo came up 
with the name "Miracle Mile" for the street and the name "stuck". After 20 
years in the garage and service station business he went to work for PDM Steel 
Co. as a diesel and auto mechanic for another 24 years. Millard was a lifelong 
sports enthusiast. He had 60 different bodies of water in the U.S., Mexico and 
Canada on his life list of fishing spots. On many of his fishing trips he was 
accompanied by his wife Maye. He was a life member of the Amblers Club and was 
a member of the bowling team. In 1966, he won the Stockton Men's Singles 
Tournament with a 752 series. He enjoyed baseball and football as a spectator 
and had 17 "I Beat the Experts at the Stockton Record" buttons hanging on the 
wall in his office. With his wife Maye, he helped form the Hub City Sams 
Trailer and R.V. Club and served as treasurer for five of the 25 years they 
belonged. He was preceded in death by his wife, Willie Maye and his brother, 
Harlan Cain of Arizona. 
He is survived by his son, Bob Cain and daughter-in-law, Lu of Tracy; daughter 
Cecile Brown and son-in-law Orrin of Gardner ville, Nevada; grandchildren, 
Tracy Brown, Lisa Barrett (Shane), Sheri Hoerth (Duaine), Loree Stroup (Mark), 
Brian Cain and great-grandchildren Chelsea, Ashlea, Kaylea and Aubrea Barrett, 
Chelsye and Allison Hoerth and Kaitlin and Damon Stroup. 
He is also survived by his three sisters Frances Williams of Castro Valley, 
Carol Knecht of Red Bluff and Elizabeth McCardle of Poulsbo, Washington. 
Visitation: Thursday, August 12, 2004, 12 noon until 7:00 p.m. at DeYoung 
Memorial Chapel, 601 N. California Street, Stockton, CA. Family and friends are 
invited to attend Funeral Service on Friday, August 13, 2004, 10:00 a.m. at the 
Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, CA. 
 




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