Beverly Blanche Kemp Kraft

Beverly Blanche Kemp Kraft, 82, died at her home in Houston, Texas on Sunday, the 28th of September 2014. Born on the 21st of March 1932 in Houston, the second of three daughters born to Franklin and Cecil Selby Kemp, Beverly attended Lamar High School and Rice University. She married Jack Pickens Kraft of Baytown, Texas on the 25th of June 1952 and they raised their children in Houston.

A sixth generation Texan and native Houstonian, Beverly worked for Spring Branch Independent School District before becoming a realtor for John Daugherty. A member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Assistance League, Beverly was also involved in Lamar High School alumni activities. Beloved by many, Beverly was a wonderful person, smart, fun, sweet, caring and interested in others.

Beverly is predeceased by her sister, Lucille Carnes and husband James, of San Antonio and her sister in law, Connie Murphy and husband Michael. She is survived by her beloved husband of 62 years, Jack Pickens Kraft, her three daughters and their husbands, Diane Mott and husband John of Scottsdale, Arizona; Martha Markwort and husband Glenn of St. Louis, Missouri; and Jennifer Donnan and husband Gary of Houston. She is also survived by eight grandchildren; Jack (Kat); David (Virginia); and Katherine Mott; Ross (Amy); and Beverly Markwort; and Will; Emily and Rob Donnan; two great grandsons, George Markwort and Theodore Mott; sister, Dorothy Cagle and her husband Robert; sister in law, Maryanne Kraft; brother in law, Charles Kraft and wife Doris; and eleven nieces and nephews.

Those honored to serve as casket bearers during Friday’s services are John Mott, Glenn Markwort, Gary Donnan, Jack Mott, Ross Markwort, David Mott, William Donnan, Robert Donnan.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from six o’clock until eight o’clock in the evening on Thursday, the 2nd of October, in the parlor and grand foyer of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.

The funeral service is to be conducted at ten o’clock in the morning on Friday, the 3rd of October, at Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 11140 Greenbay Street in Houston, where Rev. Wick Stuckey, Pastor of Caring Ministry, is to officiate.

Immediately following all are invited to greet the family during a reception in the adjacent parlor.

The interment service will follow, via an escorted cortege, at Forest park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston.

In lieu of customary remembrances, contributions may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601 in honor of her beloved husband, Jack Kraft.