Joan L. McKain

July 30, 1933 - December 16, 2013

Joan L. McKain Jul. 30, 1933 - Dec. 16, 2013 Joan L. McKain, 80, Miller's Merry Manor of Warsaw, Indiana, formerly of Akron and Kokomo, died at 11:55 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. Joan was born on July 30, 1933, in Jackson County, the daughter of Walter and Marie (Youngman) Foreman. She was married Oct. 1, 1973, in Tennessee to Sid S. McKain, he preceded April 7, 2011. Joan was a waitress at various restaurants. She enjoyed crocheting and her grandchildren. Survivors include five daughters, Brenda Marie Gardner and husband Barry, Lawrenceville, Mary Lea Couch and husband Wendell, Edenburg, Deborah Oneita Hiestand husband Cryil Hiestand, Union City, Ohio, Leona Jean Douglass and husband Jim, Union City, Ohio, and Heather Renee McKain, Akron; her son Frank Sears, Kokomo; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a brother, William "Billy" Foreman, South Bend. Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Sid S. McKain, and her brother, Bobby Foreman. Funeral service is at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, at the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with Pastor Terry Canfield officiating. Visitation is from 2-4 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be at the Akron Cemetery at a later date. Memorial contributions are open to the donors choice. Share a memory or send an online condolence at www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com. Arrangements made by Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.