Catherine J. Kutsch, 59, of Oil City, Venango County, formerly of Clinton Township, died at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday at the home of her daughter in Niagara Falls, N.Y

Born Nov. 29, 1949, in Harrison Township, she was the daughter of Joseph Klabnik of Oil City and Dolores Jeanne (Smith) Klabnik, who died July 16, 2005.

She was a homemaker and had lived in Clinton Township until moving Oil City, where she lived for the past year.

She was a Catholic.

She graduated from Knoch High School in 1968.

She enjoyed bingo, cards, horses and cats. She was an animal lover and showed Arabian horses.

In addition to her father, she is survived by her daughters, Jennifer J. (Brian) Colangeli of South Buffalo Township and Victoria Lynn Kutsch of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; grandchildren, Christopher Bowser of South Buffalo Township, Alisha Colangeli of South Buffalo Township and Gabriel Colangeli of South Buffalo Township; a brother, Joseph G. (Suzanne) Klabnik of Charlotte, N.C.; and sisters, Patricia A. (Patrick) Harrell of Parker, Susan (Dr. James) Miller of Suffolk, Va., Carol J. (Buzz) Ferlan of Clinton Township and Mary Ellen Lentz of Bell Township.

She was preceded in death by her mother and two sisters, Joan and Dolores Klabnik.

<B>KUTSCH</B> — Relatives and friends of Catherine J. Kutsch, who died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the <B>Duster Funeral Home</B>, 10th Avenue at Corbet Street, Tarentum, 724-224-1526. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in the funeral home with the Rev. Toby L. Brown, pastor of Jefferson Center Presbyterian Church in Jefferson Township, officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell.Information also is available at www.dusterfuneralhomeinc.com.