Cecil C. LaRocco
MONTPELIER — Cecil Cook LaRocco, 84, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2006, in the Bear Lake Skilled Nursing Facility. He was born August 31, 1921, in Dingle, Idaho, to Joseph Edward and May Cook LaRocco. He married Lula Dimick June 17, 1946, in Paris, Idaho.
Cecil loved living in Bear Lake. He was happiest when he had a fishing pole in his hand. As a young man he enjoyed ranching and farming. After marriage he worked a short time for the Union Pacific Railroad in Green River, Wyo. He and Lula both missed their family and friends very much, and returned to Bear Lake. He then went to work for Stauffer Chemical Co. After working for them for 30 years, he retired in January 1982.
Cecil attended school at Dingle and Montpelier High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Force August 18, 1942. On Feb. 15, 1943, he boarded the Queen Mary. He was on the ship 42 days with 44,000 troops plus doctors and nurses. He then spent a year in the Middle East and North Africa. He the spent the next two years in Italy and surrounding countries. He was honorably discharged Oct. 24, 1945.
Cecil is survived by his wife, Lula; a daughter, Faye LaRocco-Sharpe; two granddaughters, Stephanie and Natalie Sharpe; two great-grandsons, Travis Harlan and Jacob Hanover, all of Montpelier; one brother, Nello LaRocco of Montpelier; and one sister, Joy (Scott) Tueller of Bountiful, Utah; two sisters-in-law, Adell Dimick Black and Ruth Dimick Kirby; a brother-in-law, Orval (Helen) Dimick of Bancroft, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Matthews Mortuary Chapel in Montpelier, where friends may visit with family that morning from 11:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. The interment will be in the Wardboro Cemetery, with services under the direction of Matthews Mortuary.
MONTPELIER — Cecil Cook LaRocco, 84, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2006, in the Bear Lake Skilled Nursing Facility. He was born August 31, 1921, in Dingle, Idaho, to Joseph Edward and May Cook LaRocco. He married Lula Dimick June 17, 1946, in Paris, Idaho.
Cecil loved living in Bear Lake. He was happiest when he had a fishing pole in his hand. As a young man he enjoyed ranching and farming. After marriage he worked a short time for the Union Pacific Railroad in Green River, Wyo. He and Lula both missed their family and friends very much, and returned to Bear Lake. He then went to work for Stauffer Chemical Co. After working for them for 30 years, he retired in January 1982.
Cecil attended school at Dingle and Montpelier High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Force August 18, 1942. On Feb. 15, 1943, he boarded the Queen Mary. He was on the ship 42 days with 44,000 troops plus doctors and nurses. He then spent a year in the Middle East and North Africa. He the spent the next two years in Italy and surrounding countries. He was honorably discharged Oct. 24, 1945.
Cecil is survived by his wife, Lula; a daughter, Faye LaRocco-Sharpe; two granddaughters, Stephanie and Natalie Sharpe; two great-grandsons, Travis Harlan and Jacob Hanover, all of Montpelier; one brother, Nello LaRocco of Montpelier; and one sister, Joy (Scott) Tueller of Bountiful, Utah; two sisters-in-law, Adell Dimick Black and Ruth Dimick Kirby; a brother-in-law, Orval (Helen) Dimick of Bancroft, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Matthews Mortuary Chapel in Montpelier, where friends may visit with family that morning from 11:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. The interment will be in the Wardboro Cemetery, with services under the direction of Matthews Mortuary.
Cecil C. LaRocco
MONTPELIER — Cecil Cook LaRocco, 84, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2006, in the Bear Lake Skilled Nursing Facility. He was born August 31, 1921, in Dingle, Idaho, to Joseph Edward and May Cook LaRocco. He married Lula Dimick June 17, 1946, in Paris, Idaho.
Cecil loved living in Bear Lake. He was happiest when he had a fishing pole in his hand. As a young man he enjoyed ranching and farming. After marriage he worked a short time for the Union Pacific Railroad in Green River, Wyo. He and Lula both missed their family and friends very much, and returned to Bear Lake. He then went to work for Stauffer Chemical Co. After working for them for 30 years, he retired in January 1982.
Cecil attended school at Dingle and Montpelier High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Force August 18, 1942. On Feb. 15, 1943, he boarded the Queen Mary. He was on the ship 42 days with 44,000 troops plus doctors and nurses. He then spent a year in the Middle East and North Africa. He the spent the next two years in Italy and surrounding countries. He was honorably discharged Oct. 24, 1945.
Cecil is survived by his wife, Lula; a daughter, Faye LaRocco-Sharpe; two granddaughters, Stephanie and Natalie Sharpe; two great-grandsons, Travis Harlan and Jacob Hanover, all of Montpelier; one brother, Nello LaRocco of Montpelier; and one sister, Joy (Scott) Tueller of Bountiful, Utah; two sisters-in-law, Adell Dimick Black and Ruth Dimick Kirby; a brother-in-law, Orval (Helen) Dimick of Bancroft, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Matthews Mortuary Chapel in Montpelier, where friends may visit with family that morning from 11:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. The interment will be in the Wardboro Cemetery, with services under the direction of Matthews Mortuary.
MONTPELIER — Cecil Cook LaRocco, 84, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2006, in the Bear Lake Skilled Nursing Facility. He was born August 31, 1921, in Dingle, Idaho, to Joseph Edward and May Cook LaRocco. He married Lula Dimick June 17, 1946, in Paris, Idaho.
Cecil loved living in Bear Lake. He was happiest when he had a fishing pole in his hand. As a young man he enjoyed ranching and farming. After marriage he worked a short time for the Union Pacific Railroad in Green River, Wyo. He and Lula both missed their family and friends very much, and returned to Bear Lake. He then went to work for Stauffer Chemical Co. After working for them for 30 years, he retired in January 1982.
Cecil attended school at Dingle and Montpelier High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Force August 18, 1942. On Feb. 15, 1943, he boarded the Queen Mary. He was on the ship 42 days with 44,000 troops plus doctors and nurses. He then spent a year in the Middle East and North Africa. He the spent the next two years in Italy and surrounding countries. He was honorably discharged Oct. 24, 1945.
Cecil is survived by his wife, Lula; a daughter, Faye LaRocco-Sharpe; two granddaughters, Stephanie and Natalie Sharpe; two great-grandsons, Travis Harlan and Jacob Hanover, all of Montpelier; one brother, Nello LaRocco of Montpelier; and one sister, Joy (Scott) Tueller of Bountiful, Utah; two sisters-in-law, Adell Dimick Black and Ruth Dimick Kirby; a brother-in-law, Orval (Helen) Dimick of Bancroft, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Matthews Mortuary Chapel in Montpelier, where friends may visit with family that morning from 11:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. The interment will be in the Wardboro Cemetery, with services under the direction of Matthews Mortuary.
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