Kathleen Bourne Froebel died in a car accident on Friday, April 13 2018. Born in Houston, Kathleen was 69 years old, the oldest of 11 children of Margaret and Harry Bourne, owners of Bourne Plumbing Supply.

She was alone in the car and suffered a severe hypoglycemic episode which caused her to lose

consciousness and impact the rear of a slow-moving semi-trailer.

Kathleen graduated from Jesse Jones High School in 1966 and after graduating from St. Thomas

University in Houston in 1970, earned a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Illinois at the Medical Center in Chicago in 1976. She completed a Post-Doctoral program at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City where she met her husband, Steve Froebel. They were married in 1977 in Houston.

Kathleen took her role as the eldest very seriously. She was caretaker of all of her brothers and sisters from babies to the present day. The spoiling and nurturing continued with nieces and nephews and then their children. After 2 years as a co-director of Laboratories at Herman Hospital in Houston, Steve and Kathleen returned to Connecticut in 1980 where Kathleen was co-owner of Laboratory Medicine Inc, a clinical laboratory in Derby, Connecticut.

Kathleen and Steve raised their son Jesse in Connecticut where they enjoyed tennis, skiing and sailing together. She was very involved with her church and Jesse's schools. They retired to Houston in 2010 and built a house where they have entertained their large extended family at many holiday gatherings.

Kathleen is survived by her husband Steve and son, Jesse Froebel and brothers Michael Bourne (Kathy) and Patrick Bourne (Kim), and sisters Aileen Clay (Pat), Marilyn Peterson, Theresa Moore (Alan), Cecilia Beier (James), Veronica Bourne, Loretta McAllister (Roy), Julia Sage (Danny) and Lucy Vivian (Larry), and 55 nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.

Visitation on Thursday, April 19 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm with Rosary at 7:00 pm.

Klein Funeral Home

1400 West Main Street

Tomball, Texas

Funeral service on Friday, April 20 at 10:30 am.

St. Anne's Catholic Church

1111 South Cherry Street

Tomball, Texas

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to:

The Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden

926 Atwood Avenue

Johnston, Rhode Island 02919

401-490-0855

www.sistersolg.org