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Cathy Jo Cox Bohlken
April 14, 1971 - December 26, 1993
Cathy Jo Cox Bohlken, age 22, of Monticello died in her home on Sunday, December 26, 1993.
Cathy Jo Cox was born April 14, 1971 at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. She was the daughter of Dean & Karen Bright Cox. Cathy attended the Monticello Community Schools where she graduated in 1989. In June of 1990 she married Micheal Bohlken. The couple later divorced. Cathy attended travel school in Kansas City, Missouri. She then was employed by Travel and Transport in Cedar Rapids. She was presently working at Karde's Convenience Store and attending Kirkwood Community College.
Cathy is survived by her son Micheal, her parents, Dean & Karen Cox, 2 sisters, Lori Smith of Pascagoula, MS and Kerri Cox of Monticello, 2 brothers, Dean Jr., and Michael both on Monticello, and her grandmother, Eleanor Bright of Oxford Junction.
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Patti Ries (Kula)
Strange how the 'unsaid' speaks louder than words...How a horrific death snuffed out a vibrant young special woman. I will never 'get over' her murder. I still look for Cathy when I return home (to Monti), I still reach for the phone to call her with a funny story or 'just because'. Cathy and I were so close growing up that our parents always joked that we were twins and people often called us by each other's name. Cathy went on family vacations with us. We were so often 'in trouble' for giggling-at the dinner table, after lights out, all the time. Mom commented recently that she hadn't heard me really laugh-since Cathy...I thought about that and know I need to get on with my life, that mine didn't end with hers, but a big part of me did die too. I will never stop missing my friend and agonizing over the tragedy that took her from life. She should be here today, a mother, a daughter, sister, a friend, aLIVE. I miss you Cathy...You are still loved, and still in all our hearts.
Teresa Gregory (Hanson)
It is not fair that someone so young was taken away from us so tragically. This should have never happened in our small town of Monticello. Your vibrance was taken away so early.