Obituary of Catherine L. Roach

Catherine L. Schropp-Knapp-Roach, age 51 of Coralville formerly of the Oxford and Marengo areas died Thursday, October 20, 2022, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Funeral services will be held at 2pm Saturday, October 29, 2022, at the St. Mary’s Auditorium in Oxford, Iowa where visitation will be from noon until service time on Saturday. Burial will be at the Oxford Cemetery. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in her memory. To share a thought, memory or condolence with her family please visit Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service website @ www.gayandciha.com. Catherine Lynn Schropp was born February 5, 1971, one of twin daughters born to Eugene and Phyllis (Dunton) Schropp. Growing up in Marengo she attended and graduated from Iowa Valley High School. Cathy married Dion Knapp in fall of 1995 in Oxford. For many years Cathy and Dion worked in the construction field and later chased their dreams building bridges and volunteering to help Veterans in Mississippi and Florida. Cathy often referred to herself as a “Biker Bitch” and was her happiest when she was cruising down the road on the back of the Harley with the sunset on the horizon. When not on the motorcycle Cathy was spending it with her family, friends, and dogs out in nature camping, fishing, or tending to her flowers. Near and dear to Cathy was her grandbabies, nieces and nephews and would often remind them that her love for them was “as high as the sky as deep as the ocean and as wide as the world, forever and ever”. Her family includes her stepdaughters: Candy Knapp (Mikey Jones) and Lisa Mendez (Jesus); grandchildren: Austin, Edward, Preston, Cale, Emilie, and Trinity; Special Aunt to: Thomas, Amanda, Cameron, Matthew, and AJ; Cathy’s father, Eugene Schropp; siblings: Jackie Schropp, Charles Schropp and Brenda Martinez. She was preceded in death by her mother, Phyllis; twin sister, Connie; sister-in-law, Mary Schropp and nephew, Jonathan Williams.