Annette Kaye (Kujawa) Proffer, 81 years young, of Coldspring, Texas graduated to Heaven on Thursday, April 22, 2021. She was born on November 24, 1939 in Houston, Texas to Lawrence and Irene (Engelbrecht) Kujawa.
A born educator, Annette started her formative years at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Elementary School in the first class educated in the school and a charter member of the Parish. She graduated from Incarnate Word Academy Catholic High School and continued on to her collegiate path. Annette majored in Education at the University of Houston and later obtained her Master’s Degree in Education from Sam Houston State University in 1988.
Annette touched countless students’ lives throughout her forty-four years as a teacher. Her early years in education were spent teaching for the Catholic School System of Houston-Galveston. The next seventeen years she had the privilege of going back to her own educational roots and taught at Saint Rose of Lima, her home Parish. Her last twenty-two years in the classroom took her to the Coldspring’s area for the Coldpring-Oakhurst Independent School District.
Annette, Charles, and Chuck moved to Coldpring in 1978, and have enjoyed a full life entertaining friends and family and making new friends in the community. After retiring in 2001, Annette spent many happy years enjoying her much-deserved retirement. She became an active member of the Texas Retired Teachers Association and supported the Coldspring Senior Citizen Group in any way she could. When not busy with those organizations, Annette could often be found tending to her gardens, entertaining numerous friends and family at her home on the lake and planning the next event for her Senior Citizen Group.
Greeting her in heaven on April 22nd was the love of her life, Charles, her beloved son, Chuck as well as her mother and father.
Her legacy will live on through her brothers, Steve Kujawa and wife Jackie, and Kenneth Kujawa and wife Peggy. She also leaves behind her nieces and nephews; Kevin Kujawa, Laurie Duran, Jonathan Kujawa and Cari Kujawa Nelson; as well as friends in education, former students and friends from the Senior Center.
Please join the family as they Celebrate Annette’s Life on Wednesday May 5th, 2021 at Earthman Resthaven Funeral Home 13102 North Freeway Houston, Texas 77060. Visitation will be held from 9am-11am and Service at 11am. Burial will immediately follow at Earthman Resthaven Cemetery. Please join the family for a Gathering in the Hospitality Room of the Funeral Home after the Service.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Coldspring Senior Citizen Center http://www.seniorcitizens-sjc.org/. Please leave online condolence messages and memories of Annette at www.earthmanresthavenfuneralhome.com.
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