Shelley Kahle

Shelley Rae Kahle, age 74, passed away suddenly on Saturday, September 13, 2025. Shelley was born on October 13, 1950 in Charleston, West Virginia to Milton and Ruth Caplan. The youngest of three daughters, she lived in Charleston until she attended college at Marshall University. Shelley graduated from Marshall with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. Before attending Marshall, she met her future husband, Jeff, at a summer school class in high school. They both attended Marshall and got married in 1971. Following graduation, they lived in Huntington, West Virginia, where their two sons, Aaron and Bryan, were born. They moved to Houston in 1981 when Jeff got transferred, and that became their permanent home as Jeff and Shelley lived in the Clear Lake Forest neighborhood for 42 years. Shelley was an elementary school teacher for 30 years, ultimately teaching every elementary school grade level. She loved teaching, being around children, and just helping people in general. Although she retired from teaching in 2007, she continued to stay busy, first assisting Jeff with his business until his retirement and then Aaron and Bryan in their business until her sudden passing. Shelley and Jeff were members of Congregation Shaar Hashalom since they moved to Houston in 1981. Shelley always enjoyed being a member of the Sisterhood and volunteered in numerous ways, including helping to set up for Shabbat and working in the gift shop on a regular basis. Through the synagogue, she met some of her closest friends in the chavurah group. Shelley’s greatest joy came from being with her family, whether at a family reunion with her sisters and their families, watching her grandsons play baseball, or just a simple dinner with Jeff, her sons and their wives, and her grandsons. As she always said, all that mattered was that we were together. Shelley was preceded in death by her parents, Milton and Ruth Caplan; uncle, Edgar Rossheim; in-laws, George and Jeanne Kahle; daughter-in-law, Casey Kahle; and brothers-in-law, Barry Jacobson and James Lepock. She is survived by her husband, Jeff; her sons, Aaron (Andrea) and Bryan; grandsons, Noah, Ethan and Zachary; sisters, Barbara Murovitz (Mark) and Laurey Borowsky (Stuart); sister-in-law, B.J. Lepock; nieces, Marny Murovitz, Jennifer Dubin and Jennifer Lepock; nephews, Joel Murovitz, Chris Lepock, and Michael Lepock; and multiple cousins, great nieces and great nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to either Congregation Shaar Hashalom (https://www.shaarhashalom.org/donations-page) or The Alzheimer’s Association (https://www.alz.org/texas?form=FUNDHYMMBXU). A graveside service was held on Friday, September 19, 2025 at Forest Park East Cemetery, 21620 Gulf Frwy., Webster, Texas 77598

Shelley Kahle

October 13, 1950 - September 13, 2025