Louise Adams Caldwell Cain

Louise Adams Caldwell Cain was a loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend. She lived a long and joyful life. Louise was born in Austin, Texas on April 13, 1924, and because of that, always considered 13 to be her lucky number. Her sole surviving brother, Micky, would jokingly say that he was living the perfect life as the youngest Caldwell until Louise was born and "ruined his perfect life."

Louise and her three older brothers grew up on Riverside Drive in Austin. Lifelong Methodists, the Caldwell and Cain families were instrumental in the life of Grace Methodist and later at Faith Methodist, both in South Austin. Louise sang in the youth choir with Katherine Jane (KJ) Cain and Tom Cain at Grace Methodist where Bill Cain was the choir director. KJ decided to play matchmaker between her older brother, Bill and her best friend, Louise. 

The two families were very close. When WWII broke out, Bill Cain and Micky Caldwell worked together in the Houston shipyards until Bill joined the Navy and served in the Philippines until his father was diagnosed with TB.

After the war, Louise and Bill married and built a house in South Austin. Bill started working for Steck and Co., and a few years later, became a CPA and began his long career as an employee of the State of Texas. As part of his pay package, they moved onto the campus of the Austin State School and raised three sons, Leonard, Russell, and Bruce. Louise participated in teaching Sunday School, PTA, Scouting, enjoying various crafts, and activities at their church. The family enjoyed summer camping trips, especially to New Mexico and Colorado. After a big promotion, the family moved to Abilene where all three sons graduated from Cooper High School. Louise continued to volunteer with St. Paul United Methodist Church, the Abilene State School Volunteer Council, Scouting, and PTA.

Her creative spirit also found outlets in ceramics, hooked rugs, landscape painting, photography, and gardening. Lots of gardening. An early subscriber to "Organic Gardening" magazine, Louise and Bill would freeze, can, and preserve so much produce that the family and neighbors would eat off the garden's bounty all year.

After Bill's retirement, they moved to Canton, Texas and enjoyed sixteen years of gardening, church work, swimming, visits by family and friends, and Square Dancing with two different clubs. On her 65th birthday, she was encouraged to start logging her miles in the pool.

After moving to Sun City in 2000, Louise quickly found her way to volunteering at the Computer Club at Sun City and P.A.L.S. at First United Methodist. She continued racking up swimming mileage until about age 93 by swimming a mile 3 times a week and logged over 1,800 miles in the pool. In the last few years, she made many new friends with the staff and fellow residents at The Delaney at Georgetown Village. She had a lifetime of sharing love and caring for so many. Louise will be greatly missed.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 55 years, Bill, and her oldest son, Leonard. She is survived by her two sons, two daughters-in-law and a partner, 4 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren.

Many thanks to the myriad of caregivers, the staff at The Delaney and Mercy House in Georgetown, and to Louise's Sunday School Class at FUMC.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to First United Methodist Church, Georgetown, Gentiva Hospice, Dementia Research, Diabetes Research, or the San Gabriel Chorale.