Kathryn Gray "Grannie" Konzel

Kathryn "Grannie" Gray Konzel, age 79, of Erie entered into her Heavenly home on Sunday April 18, 2010. She was born in Erie on March 28, 1931, the daughter of the late Delmar and Evelyn Quinlan Gray. Kathryn was a lifelong resident of Erie and was a 1949 graduate of Academy High School. She loved the times spent with her large family and especially enjoyed spending the holidays with them. She also enjoyed reading, gardening, and had sailed on several cruise ships. She was also a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church. Besides her parents, Kathryn was preceded in death by her husband, John Konzel, Sr. who died in 2002; a grandson, Randy Cage; her step-mother, Madelyn Gray, and a step-brother, Michael Gray. She is survived by a son John M. Konzel, Jr. and his wife Joan of Erie and five daughters; Evelyn Cage and her husband Gary, Kathy Cage and her husband Ron, Anne Wilkerson and her husband Craig, and Mary Nelson and her husband Gordon all of Erie; and Beth Swigart and her husband Tom of Williamsport, Pa. She is also survived by a step brother Patrick Gray of Erie, along with 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends are invited to call at the John J. Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th & Liberty St. Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and are invited to attend Prayer Services there Saturday at 10:15 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. in St. Boniface Catholic Church. Private burial will be in Mary, Queen of Peace Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Erie, PO Box 11405, Erie, PA, 16514.