Kay Burrell

Kay Burrell, 66, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Mrs. Burrell's body will lie in state from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family suggest memorials to The Kay Burrell Endowment Fund, C/O St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 2016 Willis Lane, Keller, Texas. 76248. Please make checks out to Advancement Foundation. Kay was born on July 2, 1949 in Paris, Arkansas. She moved with her family to Fort Smith, Arkansas when she was 3 years old and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School & St. Scholastica Academy in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Kay graduated in 1972 from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. She later graduated in 1998 from the University of Dallas with a Master's degree in Catholic School Leadership and a Minor in Theology. Her professional years in education were at St. Anne's Academy in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Alma High School in Alma, Arkansas, Notre Dame High School in Wichita Falls, St. John's Catholic School in North Richland Hills, Immaculate Conception School in Denton, and finally at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Keller, since its foundation 15 years ago. While in Jonesboro, Arkansas, she worked as a legal secretary for Barrett, Wheatley, Smith, and Deacon Law Firm. Kay was a founding member of SEAS Catholic School. She was the longest running school principal in the Fort Worth Diocese and received her 30 year service pin in 2014. She was a SEAS Catholic School honoree in 2010 and established the learning lab and outdoor learning center at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Kay also served as chairperson for the Texas School Accreditation Teams. She was preceded in death by her father, Edward Schluterman; her brother, Edward "Bubba" Schluterman, Jr.; and her in-laws, Dean and Darlene Burrell. Survivors: Include her husband, Denver Burrell; daughter, Holly Burrell Carchesio; son-in-law, Tony Carchesio; grandson, Max Carchesio; mother, Holly Schluterman; brothers, Kenny Schluterman, Mark Schluterman & wife Susan, Rodney Schluterman & wife, Cheryl; sister, Sue Shinn & husband Michael; sister, Patti Schluterman; sister-in-law, Teresa Schluterman; brother-in-law, George Burrell & wife Tammy; nephews, Andy, Blake, and Miles Schluterman, Eddie & wife Tasha Schluterman, Nick & John Burrell; nieces, Katie Schluterman Kratzberg & husband A.J., and Emily, Kaylyn, & Anna Jewell Schluterman, and Lillie Gibson; great nieces, Allie Kate & Maggie Rae Kratzberg, and Brennah, Ambree and Taeleigh Mogensen; great nephews, Jace, Bryson, & Colton Schluterman.