Barbara Jean Kraus

Barbara Jean Kraus, 69, of Kingwood, died Sunday, December 10, 2023.  She was born on July 2, 1954, in Houston, to Angeline and Douglas Hayden.

Barbara’s life work was dedicated to the health and care of others, serving as an RN and pediatric nurse practitioner for over forty years. She graduated from Lamar University and the University of Texas with degrees in nursing, proceeding to practice at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, before teaching at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Survivors include her husband, Dave Kraus; daughter, Hillary Kraus and her husband, Curtis Engel, of North Richard Hills; grandson Hayden Engel; mother, Angie Hayden of Kountze; and siblings, Trish Rials of Cypress; Marilyn Feverjean of Beaumont; Douglas Hayden of Kountze; Jeanette Simmons and her husband, Brent, of Beaumont; and Travis Hayden and his wife, Jennifer, of Spring.  She is preceded in death by her father and in-laws, Irving Kraus and Helen Kraus.

A gathering of Barbara’s family and friends will begin at 12:00 p.m., with her funeral service at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Broussard’s, 530 West Monroe, Kountze.  Her interment will follow at Old Hardin Cemetery, Kountze.