Kathleen Cain, 58, Dies

Kathleen Casner Cain, 58, of Marlboro, passed away with her family at her side on Sunday, Dec. 11, at St. Barnabas Hospice in Long Branch. She was diagnosed with Leiomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, in March of 2011.

Growing-up in Avon-by-the-Sea, Kathy had an idyllic childhood that comes with living in a beach town. She attended Avon Grammar School, St. Rose High School, and received certification as a medical x-ray technician from the Johns Hopkins School of Radiology. She worked several years at Riverview Hospital in Red Bank before taking time off to raise her family.

Bill and Kathy lived for eight years in Folsom, CA, before moving to Marlboro in 1993. For the past 18 years she has worked as a receptionist for Weight Watchers at the Freehold and Aberdeen centers. Kathy enjoyed summer concerts at the various shore venues, walking the Avon boardwalk on summer evenings where she was always sure to bump into friends, and traveling with her husband and closest friends.

Kathleen was predeceased by her parents, Vernon and Rosaleen Casner. She is survived by her husband, Bill; her son and daughter-in-law Timothy and Kristen of Avon; daughter Kristina Cain of Marlboro; and brothers, Mark Casner and his wife Diane, and Jeffrey Casner and his wife Kimberly, all residing in Wall.

The family requests that anyone wishing to support cancer research make a donation to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in honor of Kathleen Cain:

PO Box 27106,
New York, NY 10087-7105

Kathy had participated in a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering prior to her demise. Friends and family are invited to visit from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the , 47 East Main Street, Freehold. 

A Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Church, Avon-by-the-Sea. Interment will be private.