Kathleen “Kitty” Vann passed away peacefully on Wednesday, the 13th of January 2021, surrounded by her adoring family. She was 65 years of age. She was born on the 23rd May 1955, in Houston to Tillie and Jim Gallagher.
Kitty grew up in the Briarmeadow subdivision in southwest Houston and attended Briargrove Elementary School, T.H. Rogers Middle School and Robert E. Lee High School. After graduation, Kitty attended Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C. for two years, the University of Texas for one year and then transferred to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where she received her B.A. degree in history in 1977.
Kitty joined Greenwood King Properties in 1995 as a realtor and real estate immediately became her passion. She enjoyed helping people find just the right home or working to negotiate the best price on a home listed with her. She loved her work and cherished the friendships that developed among her co-workers at Greenwood King.
Kitty was blessed to have a large and close-knit circle of friends - some she had known since kindergarten. People were drawn to Kitty because she was beautiful on the inside and out, graceful, kind, compassionate and genuine. A true Southern lady. She loved her Mah Jongg group and getting together for birthday dinners and annual Christmas dinners with her closest friends.
Kitty enjoyed traveling and some of her fondest memories were family vacations to Colorado, Orange Beach, Alabama, going on cruises in the Gulf of Mexico and taking the kids to Disneyland. She also looked forward to the “Vann Family Adventures” with brothers-in-law Bill Vann and John Vann and their respective wives, Sheila and Karen, traveling to Santa Barbara, London, Paris and a weeklong cruise to Alaska.
Kitty always loved the beach and, in recent years, she enjoyed spending more and more time at the family’s bay house in Galveston. A perfect day at the bay for Kitty included long walks on the beach, constantly adding her personal touch to the bay house decor, reading in her favorite rocking chair overlooking the canal, taking leisurely sunset booze-cruises across Galveston Bay, riding in the golf cart to see the peacocks or just curling up on a sofa with the family’s King Charles Spaniel, Beau.
Kitty was so loved and admired by family and friends and her life was a living example of one of her favorite verses, Ephesians 4:32 – “And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.” What a blessing she was to all who had the privilege to know Kitty.
Kitty is survived by her husband of 45 years, Tom Vann and their three sons, Stuart and his wife Amanda, Trent and his wife Jennifer and Bennett. She is also survived by her loving sister, Shawn Dalio, nieces Kitty Dalio Hochner, Kelly Dalio Tepper, Leigh Dalio Joseph, Ashley Vann Gibson, Stephanie Vann Trump, Amber Foster Kidner and nephews Curtis Vann, Wesley Foster and Garrett Foster.
The family wishes to thank the dedicated doctors and staff at MD Anderson Cancer Center and the very caring and compassionate staff at Crossroads Hospice Inc. And a special thanks to Dr. Jeffrey Lee for his kindness and providing clarity and encouragement when the family needed it the most.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o’clock in the afternoon until seven o’clock in the evening on Tuesday, the 19th of January, in the library and grand foyer of Geo H. Lewis & Sons in Houston.
A memorial service is to be conducted at two o’clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, the 20th of January, at Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 11140 Greenbay Street in Houston.
The family will gather for a private interment at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.
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