D. (Lou) Louise Hunter

Lou Hunter, age 93, of Georgetown, entered Heaven on February 19, 2021, following a short battle with cancer. Born Dorothy Louise McWhirter to G.A. McWhirter and Martha (Bullington) McWhirter, Lou is preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Bob. She is also preceded in death by her oldest child, Bill Kilpatrick, and her second husband, Jack Hunter. Lou is survived by her daughter, Debbie (Kilpatrick) Bartles and husband Kevin; her son John Kilpatrick and his partner Patricia Quintern; her granddaughter Lisa (Bartles) Park and husband Chris; and her granddaughter Dina (Kilpatrick) Gilmore and husband Brian. Lou is also survived by Andy Anderson, a man who made her last 11 years on earth special and joy-filled, and by many friends.

Lou was always an active leader, whether for church programs, her children’s organized activities when they were growing up, a ladies’ golf group, local government in Star Harbor, Texas, or starting programs at the senior communities where she lived. She taught line-dancing up into her 80s, including her last class being line-dancing for people using walkers, as she began using one herself.

Lou retired from the Dallas Independent School District in 1985, where she was a personnel administrator. Upon retirement, she and her husband Jack moved to Cedar Creek Lake, where they enjoyed golf and fishing. They also took up the hobby of Amateur Radio and became avid RVers. Lou and Jack decided to switch gears in 2001, and moved to active independent senior living, first at The Island at Lake Travis, then The Conservatory in Austin. A move to Sun City, Georgetown, then led Lou to The Wesleyan at Estrella upon Jack’s death in 2009. Lou lived there until the pandemic. Rather than having to be isolated in her apartment, she moved in with daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Kevin in early April 2020.

Prior to health problems, Lou enjoyed going on a variety of group bus trips, several of those with Andy, whose apartment at The Wesleyan was 67 steps from hers. Lou was also quite tech savvy to the very end of her life, making all of her own greeting cards on her desktop PC, reading hundreds of books on her Kindle Fire, tracking her steps with her Fitbit, and enjoying all of the features of her android smart phone. She wrote her life story on her PC, printed out and spiral bound a copy for herself and all three of her children.

Lou was a lively and independent woman. She is already missed beyond words. The family is grateful for services provided by Wesleyan Health Services and Wesleyan Hospice. Special thank you to Kathy with Visiting Angels of Georgetown, who provided great loving care to Lou the last three months of her life.  A memorial service is not planned immediately because of COVID conditions. Gabriels Funeral Home is handling cremation.