Rains, William "Bill" Age 88 of Mpls, MN. Died November 4, 2019. Preceded in death by parents John and Mabel (Connor) Rains, brothers John, Robert, and James, children John and Kathleen Janson, grandchild Ryan, brother-in-law Gene Scanlon, & sisters-in-law Catherine, Lorraine, & Shirley. Survived by wife, Jessie, 6 children Sharon, Stephen (Barbara), Therese (Stephen) Dalton, Rosemary (Keith) Bailey, David (Brenda), and Kevin, 21 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren, his brother Thomas, sisters Catherine Scanlon and Sr. Mary Ellen Rains, O.P., and son-in-law Forrest Janson. Bill worked as a switchman for the Milwaukee Road and Soo Line Railroad for 47 years as well as a number of second jobs as a bus driver for Richfield Bus Co, construction worker, and deliveryman for Dorothy Collins Interiors. After retirement he worked at Dwan Golf Course in Bloomington. Bill played fastpitch softball for a number of years in Bloomington sponsored by Mar-Thels and was an avid golfer. Celebration of his life at CHURCH OF ST. EDWARD, 9401 Nesbitt Ave., Bloomington, MN, on Saturday, November 9, 2019. Visitation from 10AM-11AM and Mass of Christian Burial at 11AM. Interment Dawn Valley Memorial Park. Special thanks to Augustana Care Center in Apple Valley. Washburn-McReavy.com Dawn Valley Chapel 952-941-7686

Published on November 7, 2019