[1] Her husband was Leszek Zych (1928-2000), chair of the Kalisz Families Association in Katyn (pol.
[6] Gabriela Zych died on 10 April 2010 in the Smolensk air disaster when travelling to the 70th annual commemoration of the Katyn massacre.
[3] She was travelling as a representative of the Katyn Families Association together with the rest of the Polish delegation.
[9] On 19 April 2010, she was buried with military honours in the cemetery of the parish of St Gotarda's Church in Kalisz.
[10] In May 2010, at the crash site in Smolensk, after the area had been cleared by the Russian authorities, Gabriela Zych's passport was found among other items belonging to the victims.