Catherine Maria Baiocco

Cat Baiocco, of Carrollton, Texas passed away on February 6, 2019 in Colleyville, Texas at the home of her parents. Cat will be always remembered as a smart, funny, accomplished, confident, get in your face rebel kind of woman. She was loved as a daughter, sister, niece, friend and colleague. Catherine was born on January 30, 1977 in San Diego, California to the absolute delight of her parents Leslie and Sam Baiocco.

Cat grew up being a performer and was in most of her school plays and choral concerts. Our favorite by far was when she played Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web! Beside singing and performing Cat took dance, gymnastics, piano lessons and played soccer. In high school she was on the swim team and National Honor Society. At our Catholic Church she was an altar girl and member of the High School Youth Group.

Catherine went to Texas A & M University for two years and then transferred up to UNT in Denton, Texas and got a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. She worked at several Dallas area Hotels and ended up being GM at the Jason’s Deli in Flower Mound, Texas. I was recently told that they still brag on Cat at the Internal Audit Dept. of Jason’s Deli because she got 100% twice on the audit of her Flower Mound Jason’s, which is unheard of. One of Cat’s favorite, outside of work projects, was the Habitat for Humanity.

Cat loved the Dallas Stars Hockey Team and was a season ticket holder! She was passionate about music, concerts and music festivals. She loved to travel and see new things! She also loved sea life and wished she had gotten a degree in Marine Biology and worked somewhere in Florida with animals. Above all Cat loved to laugh and we did.

Catherine is survived by her parents Sam and Leslie Baiocco of Colleyville, Texas; Brother Sam Baiocco of Lewisville, Texas; Sister Nina Baiocco of Carrollton, Texas; Uncle and Aunt Chris and Josie Collette of Grand Ridge, Florida: Uncle Paul Collette of Farmers Branch, Texas; Aunt Alice Collette of Plano, Texas: Aunt and Uncle Justine Collette Townsend and Mark Townsend of Marco Island, Florida;

Catherine had been diagnosed with Leukemia in 2013, we are most grateful to Catherine’s donor for helping her to be with us for almost 6 more years! The others our family gives thanks to is the Medical and Support Staff who guided us through this nightmare of misery and fright! Most especially is Dr. Brian Berryman, Cat’s Oncologist and all his staff and along the way so many others! At the end of her life the New Century Hospice Team cared for our Catherine with grace and love.

Attire and Attending the Service: These two areas are important from us for you to know! We understand former commitments with your children’s activities, work and so on so don’t feel bad if you cannot attend! Also, be casual in dress mode, we are not a fussy family!

In lieu of flowers Cat would prefer, truthfully nothing at all, but if you feel you want to do something she just wanted you to help somebody in need. She loved animals and Veterans. You can send a memorial contribution to either the ASPCA or the Rocky Road Refuge c/o Sandi and Matt Franz, PO Box 576, St. Jo, Tx 76256, Rocky Road Refuge@Rocky Road Refuge, 214-208-4892