Kristin Diane Lester was a caring wife, mother, friend and so much more. She went home to Heaven on May 17th, 2022, at the age of 56. She lived her life full on every day, influencing many with her Godly wisdom and using her extraordinary organizational skills to make a difference in her Round Rock community.
Born in Tulsa, OK, yet raised in the Houston area, Kristin attended church at Evangelistic Temple where she met her husband, Allan, and where they were married in 1991. Together they had two children in Houston and shortly after moved to Round Rock in 2004.
After receiving her degree in Elementary Education at Sam Houston State University, Kristin taught school until her children, Matthew and Andrew, were born. She then devoted her life to her family, her church, and her friends.
Whatever activities her boys participated in; Kristin was always right there. She was a Den Mother for many years in Pack 365 and volunteered with BSA Troop 27 too. She organized 8th grade dances for both boys, was president of the Round Rock High School choir booster club, and she was team mom for Rock Rugby. Kristin also volunteered in children’s ministry sharing the love of Jesus at church ever since graduating from college.
Through all of this, her most important achievement was having a Christ centered home and raising her boys to be wise, knowledgeable in Jesus, and men of honor. Both boys are Eagle Scouts, through much of her prodding, and are both living their best life in college at Texas State University and Baylor University respectively.
In 2006 she was a heart transplant recipient and then became involved with the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA). God blessed her with infectious humor, a kind and generous heart and love for family and friends. What a wonderful gift of 16 years that Kristin had to be an encourager, a mentor, and a friend in the transplant community where she was able to share her transplant journey when she spoke at events often.
Kristin’s anchor in her life was her husband Allan. She knew that being married for a long time to the same person was not for the faint at heart and it is not always pretty. Their love was patient and kind; their love did not envy or boast; their love was not arrogant or rude. Their love was not irritable or resentful and it did not rejoice at their wrongdoing, but it rejoiced with the truth even when it was hard to hear. Their love bore all things, it believed the best in each other, it was their hope, and it even endured all things to the very end. Although her life on this earth is complete, there are still these three things...trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly in His goodness, and love extravagantly...with the greatest of these is Love.
Kristin is survived by her husband, Allan; her two boys, Matthew, and Andrew; her parents, Virginia O’Dell and Gary Herren; her brother and his wife, Jeff and Jamie Herren as well as various aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
A time of visitation will be held at the Cook Walden Funeral Home in Pflugerville May 22, 2022 from 5-8pm. The funeral service is scheduled for 11 am on May 23, 2022 at Cityview Bible Church in Round Rock, Texas. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American Heart Association (heart.org/donate) or the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (tosa1.org/about#12) on her behalf.
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