Nancy Krahl

Funeral services for Nancy Dee (Kammerdiener) Krahl, 85, of Valley View, are set for 10:00 AM Thursday, May 23, 2019, at the St. Mary's Catholic Church with Fr. John Pacheco officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery under the direction of the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. A rosary with visitation to follow will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at 6:00 PM. She died Friday, May 17, 2019, at Medical City Hospital in Denton.

Nancy was born July 22, 1933, in Gainesville, TX to Charley and Ethel Plumlee Kammerdiener, the third of nine children.  She grew up on a dairy farm south of Gainesville and attended a one-room school house before graduating from Gainesville High School.  She met the love of her life, Martin Krahl, whose family lived next door to the Kammerdiener family on their dairy farm.  They were married on June 5, 1950, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Gainesville.

The couple continued their dairy tradition as they started working on Holstein dairies in Gainesville before purchasing their home place in Valley View in the mid-1950s. Nancy stayed busy with seven children, helping with the dairy, and doing all the bookkeeping for the dairy business. She was a great cook and an excellent seamstress. The couple retired from the dairy business in the 1980s after which time they established a beef cattle business until Martin’s death on November 20, 2002.  She was a dedicated advocate of the unborn and supporter of All Babies Born Alive (ABBA). Nancy was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Gainesville and St. John’s Catholic Church in Valley View for more than 65 years.

Survivors include daughter Lynn McKay and her daughter Micah Downey of Oklahoma City;  son Gary and wife Cathy of Gainesville and their children, Alex Krahl, Sara Sullivan, Jared Krahl, and Royce Krahl, and their grandchildren Griffin Krahl, Erin and Audrey Sullivan;  daughter Elaine and husband E. J. of Valley View and their children, Ed Schad, Emmy Torockov, Tom Schad, and Angela Schad, and their grandchildren Katie, Joe, and Nate Torockov, Danny and Heidi Schad;  son Grant Krahl and wife Carla of Gainesville and their children, Jeremy Krahl, Jacob Krahl, and Jessica Martinson, and their grandchildren, Jackson Krahl, Victoria and Gavin Martinson, and Andreas Krahl; daughter Brenda Flusche and husband Phillip of Muenster and their children, Jacqueline Burkepile, Kevin Flusche, Adria Flusche, Kendra Flusche, Zachary Flusche, and Nathan Flusche, and their grandchildren Matthew and Levi Burkepile; son Damian Krahl and wife Lucy of Lindsay and their children, Lucinda Krahl, Travis Krahl, Louis Krahl, and Maggie Krahl;  and daughter Stephanie Krahl of Collinsville.  She was preceded in death by grandson Nicholas Flusche.

Survivors include sister Gladys Anglin and husband Fil of Denton, sister Norma McNew and husband Bob of Callisburg, brother Bryan Kammerdiener and wife Terry of Gainesville, and sister Polly Bevil of Houston. She is also survived by many cousins, aunts and uncles. She was preceded in death by her parents: brothers Charley Kammerdiener Jr., and Clifford Kammerdiener, and sisters, Dorine Kammerdiener and Thelma Sue Austin.

Mrs. Krahl’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Memorials may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic Church and School in Gainesville, Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School in Muenster, St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Lindsay, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and School in Denton, All Babies Born Alive (ABBA), or a charity of your choice.