More detail on this person: Robert (Bob) H
Rockel 79, passed away Saturday, November 15,
2014 at Liberty Heights Retirement Community
where he lived in Colorado Springs.
Bob was born on July 7, 1935 to Roy and Cora
(Dorwart) Rockel in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Bob
was an only child. He graduated from Lehigh High
School and attended Lehigh University. Bob served
as an Officer in the United States Air Force as an
HH 53 helicopter pilot. This elite group of pilots
were known as the Jolly Green Giant Rescue
Crews! Their motto was "SO THAT OTHERS MAY
LIVE! This is what Bob, or as the pilots called
him "Rocky" lived by. Always helping others.
During his beginning years as a pilot, he met and
married Renna Jo Lively of Oxnard California. Upon
retiring from the Air Force after 30 years, Bob
and his family moved to Dallas Texas. He wanted to
spend more time with his family whom he loved very
much ! He then went to work for Flight Safety
International as a Flight Simulator Instructor for
10 years.
After Bobs' wife passed and his son Robb whom
was only 41, passed, his daughter, Kimberly moved
him up to Colorado Springs, Colorado to be close
to them. He loved spending his retirement years
with his family. He was the kindest man we have
ever known. Always looking for the good in
everyone. Never did he have a negative comment.
What a GIFT!!
Robert Rockel is preceded in death by his Mother
Cora Rockel and Father Roy Rockel, wife Renna Jo
(Lively) Rockel and his son Robert Edwin Rockel.
He is survived by his daughter Kimberly June
(Rockel) Tyler-her husband John and their
children/ Bobs grandchildren: Mason Robert Tyler,
Austin Alexander Tyler and Brysen Tyler/ and
Robert Edwin Rockels son: Benjamin Donald
Rockel.
FUNERAL SERVICE: A Military grave site
ceremony will take place on Saturday, November
29, 2014 at 10:00 am at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park at
5400 Valentine Road- Ventura California 93003 Ph #
(805) 642-1055For all correspondence: The Ted
Mayr Funeral Home is handling all arrangements -
flowers etc. 3150 Loma Vista Rd. Ventura,
California 93003 Ph# (805) 643-9977An additional
Memorial Service will be held later in Allentown
Pennsylvania with all of Bobs' friends and family.
In a few months from now. To be announced later.
Please go on line if you would like and maybe tell
us some stories that you may have about Bob, you
can visit www.Swan-Law.com
In Memory of Bob's wife Renna, Any donations may
be made to: Association for Fronto Temporal
Degeneration, Radnor Station Bldg #2, Ste #
320290, King Of Prussia Rd., Radnor, PA 19087
Published in Ventura County Star from Nov. 23 to
Nov. 26, 2014
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