Robert "Bob" "Rob" Vocke

Robert Joseph "Rob" "Bob" Vocke, Jr., age 56, of Battle Creek passed away at his home on Tuesday evening, September 1, 2015 after a hard fought and courageous battle with Cancer. He was born in LaGrange, Illinois on October 24, 1958, the loving son of Robert J. "Bob" and Le Anne (Curd) Vocke. Bob graduated from Lakeview High School with the Class of 1977 and continued his education at Western Michigan University, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelors in Business Administration. Bob worked as an independent businessman with his father in the family business for more than 20 years.

Bob married the "Love of His Life", Carla Girolamo in Cleveland, Ohio on August 27, 1988. He is survived by his wife of more than 27 years, Carla; his son, Nicholas Vocke; his mother, Le Anne Vocke; his brothers, Cris (Kriste) and Damon (Maria) Vocke; his sister, Laura Le Vocke; his sister-in-law, Gina (Rich) Meyers; his brothers-in-law, Joe (Laura) and Mike (Kim) Girolamo, and several nieces & nephews. He was recently preceded in death by his father Robert J. "Bob" Vocke Sr. on June 30, 2015.

Bob was a member of the Cereal City BNI and a strong promoter of Junior Hockey. He was a former golf coach at Lakeview High School for the boys & girls teams. Spending time with his family was his favorite, but he truly loved golfing with friends and family, as well as golf & ski trips with his lifelong friends.

Bob was always the "Life of the Party" (Sometimes too much so)!! He enjoyed talking politics with anyone who would listen. He often put others before himself, always offering to help out anyone, anytime, with just about anything. The original inventor of "Vocke Time", he was often fashionably late, but this time he has truly left us way too early.

The family will receive friends 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, September 10, 2015 and 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., Friday, September 11, 2015 at Farley Estes Dowdle Funeral Home & Cremation Care where funeral services to celebrate Bob's life will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday. The family will continue the celebration of his life with a "Margarita Celebration" in your favorite Hawaiian attire from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Friday at the Riverside Country Club. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you please consider making donations to Heartland Hospice or the Greater Battle Creek Ice Hockey Association. Personal messages for the family and/or favorite memories of Rob/Bob may be placed at www.farleyestesdowdle.com.