Funeral services for Kathy Jean Grotte, 77, of Gainesville, Texas, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, September 2 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home, Gainesville.
Born June 16, 1946, at Gainesville, the daughter of Kenneth and Connie Riley, she died Saturday, August 26, 2023.
Kathy graduated from Marietta High School in 1964. She married Joe Grotte, Jr. in Marietta on June 13, 1964. Kathy loved to crochet and attend arts and crafts shows. She provided many of her crocheted blankets to family and friends as gifts. Kathy also enjoyed collecting angels and nativity scenes, attending her children's and grandchildren's sporting events and music concerts, and traveling to Branson, Missouri, for many years with her husband. In addition to her own children, Kathy helped rear many children that she considered her own. No child entered her home without feeling cared for and loved. She made every holiday special, especially Easter when the entire backyard was filled with eager children hoping to find the "prize" egg.
She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Marilyn Watts.
Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Joe; daughters, Shona (Nathan) Dunson of McKinney, Texas, and Shantelle (Michael) Lawler of Gainesville; son, Shawn (Elizabeth) Grotte of Little Rock, Arkansas; grandchildren, Caleb (Alex) Dunson, Austin (Kali) Dunson, Jordan (Julia) Dunson, Micah (Richard) Resnick, Leah (Chris) LaBarba, Lauren Grotte and Thomas Grotte; seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and many dear friends that she considered family.
Serving as pallbearers will be Caleb Dunson, Austin Dunson, Jordan Dunson, Thomas Grotte, Richard Resnick and Nathan Winters. Honorary bearers are Weldon Turner, Rodney Fleenor, Dan Schafer, Glenn McLerran, Mike Gentry, E.O. Moser and Gary Hillis.
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