Margie Louise (Eberhart) Krahl

Mass of Christian Burial for Margie Krahl, age 90, of Muenster will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Rosary and Vigil will be held at 6:30 PM on Friday, November 3, 2023 at Scott Funeral Home in Muenster. Margie Louise Krahl, of Muenster, TX, died on October 30, 2023 at the age of 90. She was born in Muenster on July29th, 1933 to parents Ed and Minnie Eberhart, who preceded her in death. Margie was married to Eddie Krahl at the age of 17 and they lived most of their married life in Muenster together until his death in 2009. Margie is remembered by her family and all who know her for her devout Catholic faith. She was a parishioner of Sacred Heart Church. She had a great devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and never failed to pray her daily rosary. She was always wearing her brown scapular, was faithful in fulfilling her first Friday devotion and First Saturday devotions, and had a great love for the saints. St. Anthony was a favorite saint of hers, along with St. Joseph and St. Michael. She would get up early in mornings to listen to the St. Michael Chaplet on EWTN. She had a deep devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary and recited the prayers for that devotion every day. Another devotion of hers was to Our Lady of Fatima, and for years she passed around a large statue for others to borrow for their homes. Margie was a devoted mother and grandmother, strong in her faith and encouraging her children and grandchildren to have the same. She prayed so very often for all her family. In the 90's Margie had a weekly prayer meeting on Friday evenings in which anyone was welcome to come and pray the Rosary and other intercessory prayer and specific intentions. At times there was barely enough room for all! She was active for many years in the 90's and thereafter with home consecrations of the Alliance of Two Hearts International as a third order, traveling in state and out of state to assist families, and attending numerous retreats over the years to strengthen her faith and help others to do the same. She organized the first Divine Mercy service in the 90's, afterwards carried on by her daughter, which started in Sacred Heart Church in Muenster and have continued yearly since, now alternating with St. Peter's in Lindsay. Margie had a most caring heart and would always help anyone in need. She was truly so selfless and generous that no sooner would someone express admiration for something of hers than she was trying to hand it over to them. What Margie did cherish were the things of God—her blessed statues, images, and relics in her home. She knew these signs of the eternal would deepen her faith and the faith of those who entered her home. Her children and grandchildren remember the endearing stories she would tell about the old days, some of her favorite being about traveling with her sisters and raising her children. Her maternal love was so strong that in her last years, one of her greatest joys was to sit and rock her great-grandbabies. She didn’t mind that others ate dinner first or had fun in other ways—she was simply content to love on those babies. Her life was truly family-centered and she desired to have as much of her family near her as possible. Other joys of Margie’s involved the simple things, like watching the birds in her front yard, playing with her dog Buster, and reading hundreds of books in her lifetime. Margie was loved in her community, and especially by her family, who will miss her deeply. Margie is survived by one sister, Elvira Flusche of Lindsay, four children: David Krahl and wife Judy, Janet Jordan and husband Sam, Lisa Hughes and husband Steve, and Linda Wimmer and husband Randy. She has 15 surviving grandchildren, and 21 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by 5 siblings, two infant children, and her son Billy who lived with her until his death in 1995, and 3 grandchildren. Margie rightly believed that after death few go straight to Heaven. Her wish was for everyone to pray fervently for her soul and hope that through God’s mercy she will be released from Purgatory soon. She believed that we cannot assume we will go to Heaven, but we can have great hope in God’s mercy. My hope in reading the following poem is that we will remember Margie as she was, pray for her, and have hope that one day we will meet her again with Christ. “Death is nothing at all – I have only slipped away into the next room. Whatever we were to each, that we are still. Call me by my own familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without effort. Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was; there is absolutely unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of your mind because I am out of your sight? I am but waiting for you for an interval, somewhere very near just around the corner. All is well. Nothing is past; nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before – only better, infinitely happier and for ever – we will all be one together with Christ.” - Carmelite Monastery, Waterford, Ireland

Margie Louise (Eberhart) Krahl

July 29, 1933 - October 30, 2023