n Monday, April 20, 2009. Beloved wife of Joseph E. Conner, Sr.; mother of Patricia Portu (Paul), Joseph E., Jr. (Ann), Thomas M. (Debra) and William R. Conner (Bonnie). She is also survived by 11 grandchildren. Friends are invited to Catherine's Life Celebration on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 6160 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, MD. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Thursday, April 23 at 11 a.m. from St. Mary's Catholic Church, Piscataway, 13401 Piscataway Rd., Clinton, MD. Interment church cemetery.