Calvin L. Rock

Calvin Lewis Rock, 75, of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, died on August 22, 2025 at home with his family. He fought off prostate cancer in 2019, but it aggressively returned in 2025 with bone metastasis that was incurable and eventually took his life. A celebration of life service will take place in his birthplace of St. Clair, Michigan in the near future. Date and location to be announced.

Born and raised in St. Clair, Michigan, he attended St. Clair High School and graduated in the Class of 1969. He worked at the Diamond Crystal Salt Plant (later Akzo) for many years and afterwards with Mark Aluminum Siding. He was a true laborer and had a strong work ethic. He loved to work with his hands in all types of trades. Always a tireless worker, he was determined to do a good job. There was always a project he was working on. He built a second story on his St. Clair home, built his dream pole barn, had endless home improvement plans and brought all of his wife’s imaginative, crafty ideas to life. Throughout his life, he enjoyed playing tennis (which also carried down to both of his kids and grandson), volleyball with friends, and later in life, fishing with his son and grandson and bird-watching and gardening with his wife.

His legacy is kindness, perfected dry humor and genuine love for his family. He was best friends with his wife and loved her more and more as the years passed. They celebrated 52 years of marriage with a recent dream trip to Alaska together. He was fiercely protective of his family and taught both of his kids to do the right thing but also value and stand up for ourselves when life gets tough. We hope to always continue to make him proud.

Calvin is survived by his wife Julie Rock (Hudolin), his son Ben Rock (Kim, wife, Ethan grandson, Lila, granddaughter) and his daughter Sarah Freeman (Rock) David, husband). He is also survived by his five siblings Ervin, Steve, Dan (Brenda, wife), Judy (Mark, husband) and David (Angie, wife).

If you would like to make a donation to honor Dad’s memory, Mom thought that St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital would be a perfect way to extend your gratitude since Dad was so joyful in the presence of children. Here is the link https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=8908371&fr_id=154020&pg=personal

He was a great man and we all miss him terribly. Thank you for being a part of Calvin’s life, sharing happy times, being a friend, caring about his welfare and bringing meaning to all of our lives.