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Jessie Faye Dunlap Kahlich
3 Jan 1919 – 3 Feb 2011
| Birth | 3 Jan 1919 |
| Death | 3 Feb 2011 |
| Cemetery | Restland Memorial Park Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | SamK on 23 Mar 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65258520 |
Gravesite details
Shares a crypt with Ralph H Kahlich (1918-1977).
Bio
Jessie F. Kahlich, 92 of Denton, passed away on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Denton Regional Medical Center. She was born January 3, 1919 in Rockdale, TX to Clarence and Emma (Bownds) Dunlap. She was married to the late Ralph Kahlich on May 27, 1943 in Wilson, TX She was a member of the Lake Dallas Church of Christ, and was a Homemaker. She served in the WAC (Women's Army Corp) at Fort Belvoir, VA during World War 2. Mrs. Kahlich is survived by two daughters, Jane Kahlich of Irving, TX and Cindy Hall, of Ponder, TX, four grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren, and other extended family members. A celebration of her life will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 8, 2011 in the Chapel of Mulkey-Mason, Jack Schmitz and Son Funeral Home, 705 N. Locust, Denton with Andy Warren officiating. Entombment will follow in Restland Memorial Park in Dallas, TX at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. The family will be at the funeral home on Monday, February 7, 2011 from 5 - 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to The High Plains Children's Home, P.O. Box 7448 Amarillo, TX 79114. ________________________________________________ Eulogy given by Jane Kahlich, Jessie's oldest child: ----------------- A LEGACY OF LOVE Jessie Fay Dunlap Kahlich enlisted into the WAAC in 1942 and was stationed in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. When on leave in May, 1943, she and Ralph H. Kahlich were married in Lubbock, Texas. That same month the WAAC was changed to the modern day WAC. Anyone who wanted to be discharged because of this change, she was allowed to do so. Mother decided to accept the discharge and return to Slaton, TX, where her mother and her brother's family resided. She worked in local businesses until the end of the war, taking up residence in Wilson, Texas with her husband on the Rudolf A. Kahlich farm, just south of Wilson, Texas. Their children were born while living in this small farming community. Around 1951, her family moved to Happy Union, a small farming community 15 miles from Plainview, Texas. She and her husband, Ralph were active members of the Church of Christ in Plainview, where they led several to the Lord through Bible study in their homes during the late 1950's... these were called "Cottage Meetings". The family then moved to Denton, Texas in 1963, where Ralph helped begin a new congregation on Anna Street. In 1966 they moved to Irving, Texas and Ralph worked as a machinist at LTV, as well as other companies. Jessie moved to Denton after the death of her husband in 1977. She was a member of Welch Street Church of Christ for several years and always a guiding light to the spiritual growth of her family and friends. She later became a member of Lake Dallas Church of Christ. During the formidable years, Cindy and me were brought up in a Christian atmosphere and went to church in Slaton, Texas. When very young we were taught of Christ and his salvation. We also learned proper behavior and Mother and Daddy were parents who used tough love, before it was known as that. Their understanding of parenting was the modern-day saying taken from several verses in Job: "Spare the rod and spoil the child." God says of using the rod that children will gain wisdom and not disgrace their mother, will not die and use of the rod shows love, whereas the lack of the rod shows a parent hates their child. Cindy and I were well loved! Mother and Daddy did good to instill in us God's Word and His love of us, along with their own boundless love stirred in. Mother always spoke to us and our children about God's will for our salvation and His love through Jesus Christ. How wonderful for Cindy and me to try to instill these truths to our children and grandchildren today. Mother was always the first to help the poor, maimed and mentally challenged. My first memory of her kindness and love was in Plainview, where she found a family in dire need of assistance. The entire family was mentally challenged and she gathered some of the women of the church, along with their husbands to go to this families home to clean it, wash clothes and try to teach the parents how better to care for their children. Years later she assisted a young Hispanic mother of two, who had a broken neck and was paralyzed from the neck down. She again gathered women to help prepare meals and help clean their house. She and Daddy also began a Bible study with them and they accepted Christ and were baptized. Daddy took the paralyzed woman in his arms, got on his knees and dunked her in their bathtub. As young children, these actions taught Cindy and me the meaning of loving our neighbors as ourselves. Mother went through bad times, as all of us do, but she always turned to God, seeking His direction through prayer and study of the Scriptures. These past 7 or 8 years, while living in assisted living and in the nursing home, her caretakers always told Cindy and me how sweet she was to them and others. She visited the ill in her motorized wheel chair while in the assisted living facility and just loved to discuss scripture with one gentleman, who was a Presbyterian preacher. I am sure they had some good debates, but she surely thought so much about him and they were great friends. She most enjoyed her Friday outing with her son-in-law, Bill, and his mother, Dorothy. Bill would take Dorothy to get her hair done, then go pick up Mother and take her to get her hair done. He would then take Dorothy shopping at Wal-Mart. Afterward they would pick up Mother and go eat at the China Cafe or Golden Corral, where Cindy would join them. At times I would have a Friday off and get to participate in the fun! Some days Bill would then take "The Queens," as he called them, riding around the countryside for hours. Our Mother's so enjoyed these drives and Bill was a library of local information. Cindy and Bill were so good to Mother, visiting her often. She could be asleep and Bill would say one word and Mother's eyes would pop open and she would have some witty comment and flirty smile just for Bill. He even got her to smile when she was so ill in the hospital last week. Cindy and I thank you for loving Mother! This is not an ending of Mother's life; rather it is a legacy of love going forward through God, His Son and the Holy Spirit! GOD IS LOVE! Jane Kahlich 2/6/2011
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