Kathleen Raye Kappler

Kathleen Raye Anderson Kappler, a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away with family present on May 2, 2025, in Bryan, Texas at the age of 79 following many years of battling chronic diseases and other illnesses.

Kathleen was born in Houston, Texas on September 15, 1945, as the second of four children. She spent most of her youth residing there before moving to Edinburg, Texas as a teenager. She attended St. Paul Lutheran Church where she met John Kappler, married in 1964, and later gave birth to two children, Rhonda and Kevin, to whom she dedicated her life. She also cherished any opportunity to spend time with her three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Professionally, Kathleen worked as a cosmetician at several large retailers for over 35 years, where she excelled in doing makeovers. What she loved most was to dance. She also found joy in collecting witty words of wisdom through poems and searching for special greeting cards that were individualized to the receiver while expressing her own personality.

A compassionate and resilient woman, Kathleen was known for her ability to “bounce back” pushing onward in life with a feisty outlook. Despite the many debilitating health odds stacked against her, she always trusted in God to lead the way.

Kathleen was preceded in death by her father Raymond Anderson and mother Dorothy Anderson, sister Lynita Anderson, and niece Shelly Green.

Kathleen is survived by her daughter Rhonda Kappler and her son Kevin Kappler, ex-husband John Kappler, uncle Cecil Anderson, sisters Mary Jeanne Freedman and Beverly Green, two nieces and one nephew, "adopted" son Gerald Spradlin, three grandchildren William, Braydyn, and Jared Spradlin, and great-grandchild Aspen Spradlin, plus numerous Kappler family members.