Kathleen Joerger lindsey
1916-2015
The Funeral Mass for Kathleen Joerger Lindsey, 99, of Rosenberg, Texas, is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 2015, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 1416 George Street, Rosenberg, Texas, with the Reverend Eric Pitre as celebrant. Burial will follow in West Gethsemane Cemetery, Highway 36, Rosenberg, TX 77471. The Rosary will be recited at 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2015, with visitation until 9:30 p.m., all at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Rosenberg, Texas.
Kathleen Joerger Lindsey died November 9, 2015, at her home in Rosenberg, Texas. She was born January 7, 1916, in Rosenberg, Texas, and resided there all of her life. She graduated as valedictorian of her high school class in 1932 and then attended Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio, which was then a college for women. From there she transferred to UT in Austin where she graduated in 1936 with a B.A. Degree. She was one of the five Sweetheart nominees of the University in 1936 and was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She was also chosen to be a Bluebonnet Belle while at the University of Texas. She graduated from UT Law School in 1939 with a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree and began the practice of law with her father, F.X. Joerger. After retiring from her active practice in 1979, she continued to work on personal affairs and charities with the assistance of her longtime friend and secretary of 57 years, Ruth Kendziora.
She was on the Selection Committee for the Richmond State School and was instrumental in obtaining the School. She was one of the founders of the Fort Bend County Library.
She married R. W. Lindsey in 1948 and they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1998. She and her husband practiced law together from 1948 until her retirement. They were honored by their friends and clients who established an endowed presidential scholarship in their name at the University of Texas in 1994.
She was honored by the Rosenberg Railroad Museum as an outstanding citizen by a banquet in her honor in 1996 and honored by the Sam Houston Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America by a banquet on May 7, 2008.
At the time of her death, she was a member of the Texas Bar Association, the Fort Bend County Museum, the Pecan Grove Garden Club, the Sweetwater Country Club, the Woman’s Club of Rosenberg, the Holy Rosary Altar Society, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Holy Rosary #1476, the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, the Ex-Students Association of the University of Texas, a Patron of the Junior League of Houston, and a member of the Rosenberg Railroad Museum.
She was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Rosenberg, Texas, and she and her husband established a trust for the benefit of the Holy Rosary School Library in honor of her parents, F.X. and Mary E. Joerger, and established another trust for the benefit of the Holy Rosary Altar Society in honor of her parents, F. X. and Mary E. Joerger, and her sister, Angela Joerger McNutt, all of whom are deceased. She also donated funds for the establishment of the Joerger-Lindsey Hall on the campus of the Holy Rosary Church in Rosenberg, Texas. She donated funds for the construction of a gazebo in the Rosenberg Seaborne Creek Park in memory of R. W. Lindsey.
She is preceded in death by her husband, R. W. Lindsey, who died in 1999.
She is survived by the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of her deceased sister, Angela McNutt, namely James McNutt, Darrell McNutt, Molly McNutt Berry, Brooke Berry, Ashley McNutt Schroeder, Townes, Hank and Lane Schroeder, Clay McNutt, Deborah (DeDe) Sullivan, Shelly Sullivan Essex, Austin and Ansley Kay Essex and Steven Stone.
Special thanks to her friend and caregiver, Rachel Martinez, and all the wonderful caregivers she had.
Memorial donations may be made to the F.X. and Mary E. Joerger Library @ Holy Rosary School, 1426 George Street, Rosenberg, Texas 77471.