Kristi Gallant

Kristin Ann Gallant was born to Robert M. Gallant and Melissa J. (Engelbracht) Gallant on January 26, 1992 in New Ulm, Minnesota. Kristi grew up the middle child of five children, and was quiet and soft spoken. Early on, she loved spending time at the Austin Yacht Club with her family sailing, and especially with her sisters and brothers swimming and catching turtles. Kristi attended Cedar Park High School, and contracted leukemia before she could graduate. She loved music and sang in the choir.

Kristi met Kori Stroud at Cedar Park Middle School, and they soon became best friends. She left home at the young age of 16, where she began a life with the Stroud family. Kori’s mom, Nicki took Kristi in, and what seemed a bit bumpy at the beginning turned out to be a wonderful blessing for all. Nicki was known to Kristi as “mom”.

Kristi and Kori’s relationship turned from friends to more than that as they approached age 20, and moved out into their own apartment. It was there that their love became apparent and grew to something beautiful. Out of that love came Kristi’s legacy, baby Isabella, born February 20, 2013. “Bella” became the love of Kristi and Kori’s young lives.

Kristi contracted leukemia in November of 2010. In the three years Kristi fought this, she endured some of the worst indignities and pain a young person can endure. She faced these assaults with courage and an indomitable spirit. She entered and lost remission three separate times. Between the first and second remissions, she became pregnant with Isabella. That time of joy and anticipation was cut short, as soon after the announcement of the baby, Kristi fell out of remission and into a coma, on a ventilator for 2-1/2 weeks. She came out of this with an iron will to live to deliver baby Isabella. Kristi entered and exited her final remission over the summer of 2013. Moving into the fall of 2013, she fought leukemia tooth and nail all the way to the end, on Saturday, January 4, 2014.

Kristi will be remembered by friends and family as a fun and gentle soul who loved her Kori and her baby Isabella with her whole being. Kristi loved living in Pflugerville as well, and will rest there, where Isabella and friends can visit her gravesite any time they want. She will also be remembered as the most courageous fighter we’ve ever known. She is the hero of her loved ones, for the valiant fight she put up against leukemia. We will miss her terribly, but will always be reminded of, and see her in the growth of her legacy, Isabella.

A visitation for Kristi Gallant will be held at Cook-Walden Capital Parks Funeral Home at 14501 Interstate 35 in Pflugerville, Texas on Friday, January 10, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

A celebration of Kristi’s life will be held at the Austin Vineyard Church (512-331-5200) at 13208 Morris Road Austin, Texas on Saturday, January 11, at 2:00 PM. A procession to the grave site at Cook-Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery will follow. Casual attire is requested.