Dion Len Gain Obituary (1961 - 2021)

Dion Len Gain, 59, passed away October 18, 2021, in Ogden, UT. He was born December 9, 1961, to Frank Gain and Janet Lambert in Decatur, IL. Dion attended Mt. Zion High School, Chanute Air Force Base Technical School for Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology, and Ogden-Weber Technical College where he graduated for 3-Dimensional Artwork, Animation, and Web Design. He served proudly in the US Air Force. He married his high school sweetheart, Brenda Oakleaf on April 4, 1981, in Decatur, IL. His hobbies and interests were computers and computer gaming, tabletop role-play gaming, strategy and war-gaming, historical re-enactment, photography and film development, 3D art rendering and Photoshop, traditional drawing and oil painting, writing stories and designing comic books, science and science fiction, B-movies and special effects, astronomy, paleontology, and ancient/contemporary world and U.S. histories. He has done credited and uncredited work for professional, online, and hobby comic books. He has won numerous awards for his traditional artwork, 3D artwork, photography, and miniatures figure painting. And he enjoyed world travel with his wife and daughter. Dion was always learning and sharing his knowledge with others. Dion is survived by his wife Brenda, daughter Cymoril, mother Janet Lambert, sisters Shelley Huskey and Anjanet Jakubowski. He is preceded in death by his father Frank and his grandparents. A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, November 12, 2021, 6:00 pm at Myers Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd., Ogden, UT and in Decatur, IL at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to Myers Ogden Mortuary.