Patrick Du Brock

PATRICK WILLIAM DU BROCK, 42 OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS DIED ON JANUARY 26, 2014. HE WAS BORN TO WILLIAM AND JOAN (GIELAROWSKI) DU BROCK ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY, MARCH 17, 1971. PAT GRADUATED FROM ROSEMONT ELEMENTARY AND EAST LEYDEN HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIS WIFE ANDREA. AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL PAT WAS A PART TIME SUPERVISOR FOR THE MARRIOTT LINCOLNSHIRE, BEGINNING HIS AMAZING WORK ETHIC. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH UNITED AIRLINES TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO LOADING GALLEYS ON THE AIRPLANES. AFTER MANY SUPERVISORY POSITIONS, HE WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO NETWORK OPERATIONS MANAGER IN UNITED’S CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS. AIRLINE LOGISTICS WAS HIS PASSION AND HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF MANY COMPANY AWARDS, MOST RECENTLY A COWORKER INITIATIVE AWARD - “UNITED 100” THIS WAS A PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION AWARD FOR GUIDING THE COMPANY THROUGH SEVERAL ENTERPRISE-LEVEL INITIATIVES. PAT WAS A LOYAL DEDICATED MANAGER WHO SAW ONLY THE GOOD IN PEOPLE. PREJUDICE OR ENVY WERE NOT IN HIS MANAGING SKILLS OR LIFE. ANOTHER PASSION WAS HIS MUSIC. HE LOVED CREED, AC/DC AND BILLY JOEL. HE ENJOYED ATTENDING ROCK CONCERTS ESPECIALLY THE CONCERTS STARRING THE NEW UP AND COMING ROCKER/DRUMMER – HIS OLDEST SON BILLY DU BROCK! HE WAS SO PROUD! ONE OF HIS CHILDHOOD MEMORIES WAS THE FAMILY OUTINGS TO YOGI BEAR CAMPGROUND. HE SHARED THIS SAME MEMORY WITH HIS SONS JOEY AND PATRICK EVERY SUMMER GRANDPA, PAT AND THE BOYS HEADED OUT TO VISIT YOGI! PAT IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ANDREA (CULLOTTA) DU BROCK AND SONS WILLIAM JOSEPH, JOSEPH ALBERT AND PATRICK LEONARD DU BROCK. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS WILLIAM AND JOAN DUBROCK OF HUNTLEY ILLINOIS, HIS SISTERS THERESA DU BROCK COINE (THOMAS) DARLENE DU BROCK WOOD (DAVID) AND HIS BROTHER DOUGLAS DU BROCK (JENNIFER CHURCH DUBROCK). HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS IN-LAW PARENTS JOSEPH AND PAMELA CULLOTTA OF ROSEMONT ILLINOIS AND HIS SISTER-IN-LAW JOSETTE (CULLOTTA) ALLEN (JEFFERY) AND HIS NEPHEWS MACKLIN AND NICHOLAS ALLEN.HE WILL BE SO MISSED BY NIECES AND NEPHEWS MEGHAN BRANDONISIO,COLIN AND RILEY COINE, MAX AND JOANIE WOOD JESSICA, JAMIE AND JODI DUBROCK, AND MACKLIN AND NICHOLAS ALLEN. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE PATRICK W. DU BROCK CHILDREN'S FUND.