June 20

June 20, 2007

Kathleen Cox Cailloux

KERRVILLE — Kathleen C. Cailloux (Kathy), 92, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2007, in Kerrville, after a long and courageous battle with chronic dementia.

She was a loving and devoted daughter, wife, mother and grandmother. She was predeceased by her parents, Mary and Paul Cox; her son, Patrick Cailloux; and her husband, Floyd A. Cailloux.

Born in Monroe City, Mo., on Nov. 27, 1914, she was raised in Oklahoma City and graduated from Classen High School in 1933. After attending college, she became a model in Oklahoma City and later in New York City. She moved to Houston with her family in the late 1930s and there became reacquainted with an old high school friend, Floyd Cailloux. They were married in 1942 and remained devoted to each other until his death in 1997.

In addition to being a supportive wife, Kathleen also was a loving mother to their two children, Paula Cailloux Heileman and husband, Blacky, and Kenneth Floyd Cailloux and wife, Sandy, as well as a loving grandmother to Robert Stephen Andresakis and wife, Summer, Cori Modisett and Ben Modisett and wife, Leslie, and great-grandchildren, Dylan Modisett and Jack Modisett.

Mrs. Cailloux, a person of strong faith, was a lifelong Methodist who sang solos in her local church. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Kerrville. She was an avid reader and her many hobbies included horseback riding, gardening, cooking, scrabble, church and community service, as well as the various charities she and Floyd supported over the years. Her great love and favorite past times were the times she spent with the various beloved dogs they owned as well as horseback riding at their ranch in northwest Harris County.

After retiring to Kerrville in 1982, Kathleen, with her husband, Floyd, co-founded the Floyd A. and Kathleen C. Cailloux Foundation in 1994. The foundation remains today and is managed by the Cailloux family for the benefit of non-profits in Kerrville and the surrounding Hill Country area. Through this philanthropic legacy, she and her husband will always be remembered as extremely benevolent, caring individuals.

In addition to the Kerrville area, their many statewide charitable interests included: Gladney Center for Adoption in Fort Worth, Texas; Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital, Dallas; The University of Texas-Austin; the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Shriners Hospitals in Houston and Galveston.

A private family service was held at the First United Methodist Church, officiated by the Reverend Dr. Warren Hornung and Dr. Sam Junkin, followed by internment at the Kathleen C. Cailloux Chapel-Garden of Memories Cemetery in Kerrville.

Honorary pallbearers include the current Cailloux Foundation Board of Directors.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Kathleen C. Cailloux Humane Society of Kerrville, P.O. Box 2190, Kerrville, TX 78029; or the Cailloux Charter School at the Hill Country Youth Ranch, P.O. Box 67, Ingram, TX 78025.

The family invites you to send condolences at www.grimesfuneralchapels.com by selecting the “Send Condolences” link. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.n