Kathleen Marie (Gardner) Burns

March 23, 1964 - March 19, 2019

****NOTE: Visitation, Service Times & Location Are Listed Below**** Kathleen Marie (Gardner) Burns also known as “Kat” and “Kat Kat” departed this life to be with the Lord, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Kathleen was born March 23, 1964 in Kalamazoo, MI to Allen Gardner Sr. and Pauline Gardner. She accepted Christ at the age of 11 and was baptized on her birthday March 23, 1975 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She attended Kalamazoo Public Schools. Kat loved helping her family and friends and would do anything for them if it was in her power to do so. She didn't have children of her own, but all the children she was in contact with, she loved as if they were her own. Kathleen truly loved her Dad and when she came to Kalamazoo she would cook meals for him. On his birthday, she would cook a special dinner to celebrate the day with him. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Newessie and Lillian Gardner; her maternal grandparents, William and Anna Mills; brother Allen Gardner Jr.; three sisters, Annette Gardner, Angela Jackson and Sharon (Gardner) Pratt. She leaves to cherish her memory, her parents, Allen Gardner Sr. and Pauline Gardner; four sisters, Mary Dixon, Carman Rivera, La Shalle Coulter and La Aysha Mitchell; two brothers, Wayne Gardner and Shemar Mitchell; her very special nieces and nephews that she loved dearly; three aunts, Bernice McKinley, Evelyn Coleman and Helen Brooks; and a host of cousins and friends. Also, a special friend, Donald Burns.