Theresa “Terri” Kindred, 74, of Robinson, TX, died Friday, August 21, 2026, at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Waco, TX.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, August 31, 2026, at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall with Rev. Randy Shannon officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:30 p.m. until time of the service, and burial will follow at Ridge Park Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Marshall Cultural Council, and an online guestbook is available at www.campbell-lewis.com
Born March 26, 1952, in Libertyville, IL, she was the oldest child of four to the late Thomas Sorensen and Barbara Kline Sorensen. Terri graduated from Warren Township High School and Western Illinois University, and she did her student teaching in Hollywood, FL. She was teaching elementary school in Sedalia when she met Gerald “Jerry” Kindred. Terri and Jerry were married on April 30, 1978, and Jerry preceded her in death on April 10, 2008. They moved to Independence where she taught school before they moved to Platte City in 1981. While raising their three boys, she was a substitute teacher and worked for Eastern Airlines. The family moved to Marshall in 1994, and Terri was an active member of First United Methodist Church where she led a senior adult ministry. She continued her love for teaching as a substitute teacher for the surrounding area, and she was a Special Ed teacher and helped in the library for the Gilliam school district and Malta Bend school district. Terri loved to go shopping for anything, she also enjoyed cooking, live music, traveling, and being with her family. She was active in her community as a member of the Marshall Cultural Council and helped organize the Bob James Festival. In her retirement, she helped with CASA and attained her realtor’s license. Later she moved to Arkansas and then to Texas to be closer to her family. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Waco, and she participated in their JOY Club. Terri was a warrior as she battled M.S. for close to 40 years, and she beat cancer multiple times.
Survivors include her three sons: Nicholas T. Kindred and wife, Jaime, of Robinson, TX, Wesley T. Kindred and wife, Sarah, of Bella Vista, AR, and Gerald “Max” Kindred of Marshall, MO; eight grandchildren: Mackinley, Hunter, Jaden, Teagen, Tenleigh, Lydia, Emma and Kaitlyn; two brothers, Gus Sorensen and wife, Amy, of North Ogden, UT, and Tom Sorensen and his wife, Suzanne, of St. Louis, MO; two sisters, Laura Hull and Dianne Clark and her husband, Joe, all of Camdenton, MO; and several nieces and nephews.
Source: KMZU, The Farm
