Carolyn Dietert Christian
9/10/1933 - 4/1/2025

Carolyn Dietert Christian passed away on April 1, 2025, at the age of 91.

She was born on September 10, 1933, in Kerrville, Texas to Alexander Christian Dietert and Eleanor Kramer Dietert. She was raised and lived in Kerrville until graduation from Kerrville High School, after which she attended and graduated from Texas Women’s University in Denton, Texas. In the earlier years that followed, she focused on raising her two sons and first had a long career as a schoolteacher. Thereafter, she was also involved in other work such as real estate and even temporarily for the Texas Justice System as a parole officer. She was a very kind, good, courageous and strong woman who endured many hardships in her life, always with perseverance and optimism. Her main priorities always centered on the welfare of her sons. In her later years, she enjoyed animals and had several pets that she dearly loved and cared for as well as all of the stray cats in the neighborhood who never went hungry. She also enjoyed propagating and caring for many plants.

She is preceded in death by her parents, son Robert Troy Henderson, brother Randolph Dietert, and three sisters, Doris Rupp, Verna Mae Speights and Fayrene Smout. She is survived by her son, William Scott Henderson and wife, Cathy Henderson of Nacogdoches, Texas, five grandchildren Amberly Hopson and husband Kevin Hopson of Nacogdoches, Texas, Whitney Landers and husband Chris Landers of Dallas, Texas, Zachary Henderson of Nacogdoches, Texas, Brooke Rhoades and husband Adam Rhoades of Baytown, Texas, and Travis Henderson and wife Megan Henderson of Melrose, Texas, and twelve great grandchildren, Pierce, Brooks and Henley Hopson, Hutchins, Duke and Shepard Landers, Charleigh and Owen Rhoades, and Colt, Hallie, June and Luke Henderson.

Pallbearers: W. Scott Henderson, Zachary Henderson, Travis Henderson, Kevin Hopson, Chris Landers and Adam Rhoades.

A Graveside Service and Interment will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025, at Glen Rest Cemetery in Kerrville, Texas.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory at the charity of one’s choice.

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