James Gainey

PRAIRIE DU SAC- James P. "Jim" Gainey, age 34, of Prairie du Sac passed away on Monday, January 11, 2016 at Maplewood Health Center in Sauk City.

Jim was born on July 8, 1981, the son of James "Jim" and Maureen (Keefe) Gainey. He married Catherine (Bush) Gainey on September 8, 2007 in Madison. Jim was born in Madison and the family resided in Barneveld until 1984. The family then relocated to Sterling, Ill where Jim attended St. Mary's Catholic Grade School and graduated from Newman Catholic High School in 1999. Following high school, Jim moved back to Madison to attend Edgewood College, where he met and fell in love with Catherine in 2002. For the last 12 years, Jim worked for North Central Group Hotels in Middleton. Our family has truly appreciated the support that the company and especially Carl Allen has shown us since Jim's cancer diagnosis in 2013. Jim never wanted cancer to define him and it didn't. Jim will be remembered as being the most genuine, loving, funny, sweet, and most giving person that we ever had the pleasure of meeting. When he passed he was being held by his wife and his loving family. His boys will always be reminded that he did everything (54 chemo treatments included) to be here with them because there was nowhere else he would rather be. We will never be the same and he will be deeply missed, but he lives on in all of the lives he touched.

Jim is survived by the love of his life, Catherine; beloved sons, James "Shamus" and Finnegan; loving parents, Jim and Maureen Gainey; adoring sisters, Bridget (Jeff) Moylan and Margaret "Meg" (Robert) Penaflor. Other loving family members include Jim's in-laws, Bob and Betty Bush; sisters-in-law, Sarah (Joseph) Short and Beth (Greg) Doby. Jim will be remembered as a fun and caring uncle by his 11 nieces and nephews and 1 great niece. Jim was very loved by his many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Jim's life and love will also be carried on by his many wonderful friends.

Jim was preceded in death by his maternal and paternal grandparents.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 401 S. Owen Dr., Madison, on Friday, January 22, 2016, at 11:30 a.m. with Msgr. Kenneth J. Fiedler presiding. A visitation will be held at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, on Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and at church on Friday, from 10:30 a.m. until time of Mass.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cat and the boys through their donation account at UW Credit Union, or donations can be made in Jim's memory to the Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation, whose mission is to find the cure for colon cancer.

Our family would like to thank the caring staff at Dean Hematology and Oncology- specifically Dr. O'Mahar and Nurse Jo Bley, the Agrace HospiceCare Staff, Agrace Hospice staff, particularly, our nurse case manager Kevin, social worker Laura, and nurse Bev and the staff at Maplewood Health Center.

"I had an amazing life. I regret nothing because everything I did made me who I am. I'm proud of the family I came from. I'm proud of the people I call friends. I was lucky enough to meet my soulmate and have her family become my family. Most of all, I'm so proud of my boys and I love them more than air." -Jim, December 2015




Cress Funeral and Cremation Service
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