Joan Rains

November 21, 1933 - December 26, 2017

Mrs. Edna Joan Hellinger Rains, 84, of Hideaway, Texas and a homemaker, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at her home in Hideaway, Texas. Both daughters were present, holding her gentle hands. Memorial services will be held at First United Methodist Church of Lindale, Texas on Thursday, January 4, 2017 at 1:00 PM with Rev. Rick Ivey and Rev. Jack Cox officiating. Services are under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale. Joan was born November 21, 1933 in Cleburne, Texas to Edmund and Ruth Hellinger. She was a 1953 graduate of Sunset High School in Dallas (Oak Cliff), Texas. She attended Draughon’s Business College and was employed by Magnolia Oil Company. In 1953, she met and married Sylvester Rains, a school teacher in the Dallas Independent School District. Syl preceded her in death in February 2014. Joan enjoyed the outdoor life serving as a volunteer at the Dallas Arboretum and as President of the Crestview Garden Club. She loved being in the mountains – hiking in the Arbuckle Mountains of Oklahoma, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, the mountains overlooking Bergen, Norway, and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Canada. Her other outdoor interests included golf, tennis, snow skiing, gardening, and even braving a whitewater rafting trip down the Maligne River in Northern Canada. Indoor activities included retail sales with Wilson Company of Houston, volunteer work with the Savannah Chamber of Commerce (Georgia) and clerical duties with the Tax Assessor/Collector for the Gladewater County Line School District in Texas. Joan enjoyed painting with watercolors, stitchery and crocheting, and getting together with friends for Mahjong and other games. She also served as Secretary for the Hideaway Computer Club. She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Melinda and Schaun Smith of Hideaway and Rosanne and Chris Beckcom of Cedar Park; 4 grandchildren, Zachary Smith and wife, Jennifer, Kelly Smith, Ian Beckcom and wife, Hutton, Caitlin Sykora and husband Collin; and Joan’s aunt, Helen Parks. The family expresses their gratitude for the wonderful love and care Joan received from her medical team and The Hospice of East Texas. Please consider, in lieu of flowers, donating to The Hospice of East Texas or to First United Methodist Church of Lindale, Texas.