MARSHFIELD − His massive household and plenty of mates in Marshfield and Norwell are remembering Wally Rockwell, who died Sunday, Jan. 28, at age 100 of problems after a fall and surgical procedure final week.
Knowing Wally’s sturdy bond together with his Russell terrier, one in every of their many questions was, “What will occur to Sunny?”
Wally was a smiling, welcoming and humorous man who cherished conversations with others. In his 90s, he adopted two rescue dogs at completely different instances to maintain him firm.
The first was Alice when he was 96 and lived in Norwell. She had leukemia and he tenderly cared for her for 3 years till she died at age 14 in 2022.
Then at age 99, Wally discovered Sunny, a 3-year-old Russell terrier, via a buddy and gave him a home in his new Proprietors Green house. Wally had moved from his longtime home in Norwell to the retirement neighborhood.
Wally fell there final week whereas getting one thing out of his automobile trunk.
“Our household is heartbroken,” his daughter Liz Rockwell emailed. “But we have been additionally blessed to have Dad for thus lengthy. Dad lived a beautiful life with our lovely mom, they usually had 7 kids.” The household will bury Wally this weekend and there might be a celebration of life for Wally within the spring.
The blissful information is that Sunny has a brand new home with Wally’s son, Wally Jr., who additionally has two golden retrievers.
“They are all doing nice collectively!” Liz stated.
“Wally Jr. has the identical stature of our Dad and can be a beautiful man, so Sunny is content material.”
