Kimberly Ann Cox entered eternal life on New Year's Day, January 1, 2015. Her spirit is carried by her parents, Lloyd and Sharon Cox, her two sisters, Kathleen and Rebecca, and her extended family of relatives and friends from every walk of life. We were blessed to have Kim for 26 years. She had a positive heart, a sensitive ear, and a gentle soul. Those who were lucky enough to know her shared her gifts in abundance.

Kim was a proud graduate of Penn State University and currently enrolled as a graduate student at Chatham University in Pittsburgh pursuing a Masters degree in Teaching. Kim dedicated her life to people, especially children. Her work included teaching those who needed reading intervention, working with special needs students at a Charter School, and spearheading major fund raising events for the Penn State Dance Marathon, affectionately known as THON, a pediatric cancer philanthropy that Kim held dear.

In her short lifetime, Kim stayed connected with those she loved. She is survived by her parents and two sisters, her grandmother, Barbara Lawrence, her grandfather, Lloyd G. Cox, Sr., her Aunt Susan Dyer (Uncle Joe, cousin Matthew); Uncle Greg Lawrence (cousins Ashley and Monica); Aunt Nancy Smith (Uncle Leon, cousins Jessica, Kristen, Kelly), Uncle John Lawrence (Aunt Erin, cousins Grady, Ben, Jay), cousin Samantha Lawrence, Uncle John Cox (Aunt Maresha, cousins Austin, Melanie, Alexis, Kensington) and many dear friends that she considered her treasures. Kim is reunited with her grandmother, Betty Cox, her grandfather, Edward Lawrence, and her Uncle Glenn Lawrence .

The Cox Family will greet friends at noon on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Leonardtown, Maryland. A Mass of Life Celebration will follow at 1:00pm. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Penn State Dance Marathon, a yearlong effort to raise funds and awareness for the fight against pediatric cancer. Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home.