Kathleen A. Gisczinski Bartosik Kathleen A. Gisczinski Bartosik, 67, of Erie died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at the UPMC Medical Center Cranberry Twp. Pa.

She was born in Erie, May 27, 1942, daughter of the late Stanley and Ann Zaczyk Gisczinski.

Kathleen retired from International Paper. She was an avid crafter enjoying cross-stitching and sewing. She also enjoyed computers.

Survivors include her children, Ann-Margaret Samler and husband, Jason, of Cranberry Twp., Steve W. Bartosik, III, and wife, Christina, of Powell, Ohio, and Marikathryn Valenti and husband, Charles, of Hilliard, Ohio; grandchildren, Samantha Amler, Andrew and Aubrey Bartosik, Alexis and Victoria Valenti; a sister, Barbara Wenerowicz; nieces Natalie Sukalac and husband, Christopher, and Paula Reese and husband, Eric; great nieces and great nephew, Caitlin, Emily, Haley, and Lauren Sukalac, and Matt and Abby Reese. Also survived by many cousins.

Friends may call at the Carl A. Slomski & Son Funeral Home, Inc., 2101 Ash St., on Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and may attend a service there Saturday at 12:30 p.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Trinity Church at 1p.m. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to Holy Trinity Church. Sign the guestbook at www.GoErie.com/obits.

Published in the Erie Times-News from October 8 to October 9, 2009