WILLIE ROCKETT

February 28, 1953 - January 18, 2014

Willie Rockett, 60, of Bourbonnais, IL, died Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Presence St. Mary’s Hospital. Visitation will be Saturday, January 25, 2014 from 10:00 A.M. until time of Funeral services at 11:00 A.M. at Lax Mortuary. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory. Willie Rocket was born February 28, 1953 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the youngest of four children born to Joseph Rockett Sr. and Ora Lee Calvin Rockett. He graduated from Westview High School in 1972 and was united in Holy Matrimony to Diane Marion on April 5, 1980. Their union was blessed with two children. Mr. Rockett was a Captain at the Pontiac Correction Facility and retired after 30 years of service. He had also been employed with AO Smith. Mr. Rockett, fondly remembered as being a hero, leader and advisor, loved cooking, gardening, Old School Music and his dog Zeus. He leaves to cherish his memory, one son, Jamie Rockett of Champaign, IL; two daughters, Nickecole Rockett and Margaret Rockett, both of Peoria, IL; his mother, Ora Rockett of Kankakee, IL; one brother and sister-in-law, Joseph Jr. and Sylvia Rockett of Bourbonnais, IL; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Jean and Larry Campbell of Glenwood, IL and Evelyn and Charles Cummings of Holly Springs, Mississippi; one stepbrother, Derrick and Yolanda Rockett of Chicago, IL; one aunt, Stella Calvin of Kankakee, IL; six grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife, Diane Rockett, his father amd two stepbrothers, Martin Rockett and Melvin Rockett.