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Lee, Rock J

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Rock J Lee

BIRTH: 13 Feb 1960 , Augsburg, Germany

DEATH: 22 Feb 2007 Rapid City, Antrim, Michigan

Rock J Lee, 47, of Rapid City, died suddenly on Thu, Feb 22, 2007, at his home. Born on Feb 13, 1960, in the US Army Hospital in Augsburg, Germany, he is the beloved son of Neil and Virginia (Mariage) Lee. 

Rock graduated from Kalkaska High School in 1978 and attended Northwestern Michigan College Culinary Institute. His vocation was a chef working for Marriott Corp. and other hotels and resorts from Shanty Creek to Denver, CO, to Washington DC to Fort Wayne, IN. 

Rock married Claudia Rozenboom in May 5, 1993, in Alden. A resident of Rapid City since 1967, Rock enjoyed hunting, fishing, mushroom hunting, camping, gardening, and feeding wildlife. Rock loved people and socializing; he was kind, very generous and had a great sense of humor. Rock was a member of the Rapid City Church of Christ. 

Rock is survived by his wife, Claudia; his parents; and his brothers, Rick W Lee of Yellowstone, WY,  and Rory G Lee of Beaverton, OR. Also left to mourn his loss is Uncle Joe and Aunt Norma Mariage, Uncle Ron and Aunt Gloria Cox, Uncle Tracey and Aunt Sandy Mariage; 12 first cousins; Great Aunt Stick Robinson; Great Uncle Ford Robinson; his sisters in laws and brothers in laws and their families; nieces, nephews, and a multitude of extended family and close friends. He really like being called Uncle Rock by his nieces, nephews and children of his close friends. 

Rock was happiest in the kitchen, in the woods, at family gatherings, on his pontoon boat with his beloved Claudia and fishing pole in his hands and in good weather, mushrooming in the Beast (which is his old truck) with his mom. 

Rock was predeceased by his grandparents, Gretchen and George Mariage; Maude and Charles W Lee; his Uncle George Mariage II and his Aunt Sally Vedder; as well as his parent in laws. 

A funeral service was held on Tue, Feb 27 at Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home in Kalkaska. 

Funeral Home

Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home
Kalkaska, Michigan 49646

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The Leader and Kalkaskian
Kalkaska, Michigan

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Cemetery

Clearwater Township Cemetery
Rapid City, Michigan

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