Scott passed away unexpectedly on November 11, 2016. He was born in Calgary on September 23, 1960. He loved the outdoors, hiking, rivers, lakes, forests and mountains plus the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Reading and football were favorite pastimes; he was the Calgary Stampeders number one fan. Scott attended Sir Winston Churchill High School in Calgary Alberta, the University of Calgary and Selkirk College in Castlegar, starting his career in the forestry industry in Nelson, Vernon and Victoria. He was well respected and admired by his colleagues.
Scott is lovingly remembered and survived by his parents, Ken and Marlene Rockley; siblings, Cherie (Brad) Lomheim, Patric (Kelli) Rockley, Liz Fallis; nieces and nephews, Shannon (Jim Jefferies); great nephews, Austin and Nolan Jefferies; Jason Lomheim; Alison and Jeremy Rockley and Keely Fallis. He will be lovingly remembered by dear friends, Gay Valerie Nejedly and Jim Bagley.
Private family service at later date.
Condolences may be offered to the family below.
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So saddened to lose Scott :'( We worked together closely for 10 years. He was a huge asset to both Information Management Branch and then BC Timber Sales. Scott was such a hard worker. Always pushing to improve our processes. Thinking outside the box. His work was detailed. His work ethic was strong. He didn’t take no for an answer without a good reason. He kept me on my toes. He was always upbeat and energized. I will miss our talks over coffee and through the cubicle wall. He will be missed. My sincerest condolences to his family…
Dear Scott’s family and friends, I wish to say a few words about Scott’s sudden passing. I was away on a business trip in Quebec City when I heard about the sad news. I had recently found out about Scott’s retirement and was planning on calling him upon my return to go out for lunch and take the opportunity to thank him for all the work he did when he worked with me. Scott was one of my main help desk support staff for over 7 years prior to taking his latest assignment with BC Timber Sales. I remember when he moved on to BCTS, I was very happy for him that he was finally getting back into forestry but also very sad to see him leave as he truly was the best. He had asked me to be one of his reference and I told him “are you sure you to trust me, you know I would prefer to keep you for myself”. Truthfully, I was happy for him and happy to help anyway I could. Scott was excellent at what he did, quick on his feet, helpful, very smart and he had such a great sense of humor. I just want to say that Scott is being well remembered and will be greatly missed. I feel honored that I had the pleasure to work with him for all those years. Please accept my most sincere and deepest sympathy.
My deepest condolences to your family and friends. I am so very sorry for your loss.
I knew Scott from work and he was a pleasure to work with. He was always very patient, respectful, kind, and humorous. He was there to help in any instance and was so knowledgeable in his many roles. Scott was one of our greatest assets. We will miss you Scott.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all through this terribly sad time.
I was so very sad to hear of Scott’s passing. He was kind, calm, thoughtful, and I cannot even begin to imagine him without a smile on his face. Scott was quietly inspirational in that he made me want to be more like him. He definitely made the world a better place, and he will be missed.
Ken and Marlene-and all of your family.
Our heartfelt condolences at this time of the passing of your son and bother Scott.
Thinking of you.
Chuck and Vernice Nowlin
I never met Scott in person, only in email, and over the telephone. But, I tell you he was very personable in his emails to the point where I felt like I was talking to him face to face in the same room. He got to the point, but was never pushy or overbearing in his correspondence. He was always friendly and cordial even in the face of difficulty when I was sourcing information for him. He had a special something.
In my work and social interactions with Scott at the Ministry a sense of humbleness and genuine ‘good fellow’ always came across my thoughts. As he left our shop a few years ago to work with BCTS I realised there goes another knowledgeable resource and now we have a void to fill. For Scott’s family I hope your celebration of Scott’s life is filled with the greatest and warmest thoughts of him for he is still here in our memories. RIP
You were an amazing co worker, hard worker, dedicated,and smart. You made me laugh,and you made sure our group went for coffee everyday:)
Thanks for all your support here at BCTS and for always being so helpful.
My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
Scott ,aka Tony , hard to believe I’m typing my condolences. We meet over 40 years ago in calgary when I first dated Cherie , I married into the family and you became the best brother in law and uncle to my kids a guy could have asked for , in those years we shared not only great times , we also had an opportunity to live together work together,holiday , golf , party geez we did a lot looking back , sure glad you found Gay and invited her into the family I will always remember the canoe trip the 4 of us had, although I doubt the girls want to . Not sure how to sign off except you will be happy to know Calgary will be going on to the grey cup and I will be there cheering them on as I know you will be to. Love you like a brother and we’re all missing you , ps I have our sacred coin in a safe place and I thank you for helping me in my time of need
Very disheartened to hear the news of Scott’s passing. I have not seen Scott for many, many years but I have some grand memories. I first met Scott as a classmate in grade 7 at Simon Fraser junior high school in Calgary. We were in the same class together through grade 9. We had a pretty tight group with Scott, Al MacDonald, Ron Welsh, Henry Bruce and myself going through a lot of early teen adventures together…lots of craziness and lots of laughs. I can also remembering a bunch of us working for Scott’s dad a few times out at Western Stone, unloading loose landscape rock from flatbed trailers. Very hard work. I’m sure that we spent the money on record albums. We all shared a common interest in music and spent lots of time down in Al MacDonald’s parent’s basement shooting pool and listening to what we now call classic rock. My sincere condolences to all of the Rockley family.