Gretchen K. Kross Mathas, 63, of Ellwood City died Thursday at her residence.

Born Oct. 22, 1943, in Camp Mackall, N.C., she was the daughter of Mae Brant Kross, and the late George W. Kross Jr.

A 1961 graduate of Beaver Falls High School, she also graduated from Computer Tech in Pittsburgh in 1982. She was an active member of Ellport United Presbyterian Church, where she served as treasurer, and worked at B &W Koppel for six years, and as payroll supervisor at Friendship Ridge in Beaver for 20 years.

She enjoyed puzzles, white water rafting, tennis, horseback riding, sewing, and she loved her cats.

Surviving are two daughters, Tammy and her husband, Patrick Erkman, of Ellwood City, and Dr.Tiffany Mathas of Carnegie; two brothers, David and his wife, Juanita Kross, of Texas, and Matthew and his wife, Barbara Kross, of Ohio; a sister, Pamela and her husband, Dorsey Smallwood, of New Orleans; and three grandchildren, Cierra, Derek, and Erica Vandevort.

<B>MATHAS</B> — Friends of Gretchen K. Kross Mathas, who died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, will be received from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the <B>Samuel Teolis Funeral Home</B>.Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Elizabeth Wallace officiating.Interment will be in Beaver Falls Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to donate to the charity of their choosing.