Douglas A. Rosebrock
Speedway native Douglas A. Rosebrock, 55, of Valencia, California, passed away suddenly
on Thanksgiving morning in Oak Park, Illinois during a holiday visit with family. The
apparent cause was heart failure.
The second of four children and a member of the Rosebrock family active in the life of
Speedway from the 1950’s through 1970’s, Rosebrock was a 1968 graduate of Speedway
High School and 1972 graduate of Indiana University. He moved to California in 1977 and
worked for nearly 25 years in total quality management and technical writing for Lockheed
Martin in greater Los Angeles. A lifelong musician, he performed in local rock bands,
Broadway musicals, and church ensembles for four decades. His lyrical tenor voice lent
itself equally to the soothing ballads he penned, to sacred music, and to the classics of the
rock era by The Beatles, The Who, and beyond. His beloved band, The Wrags, formed
during high school in Speedway, held reunions and made recordings and videos as recently
as the week of his passing.
Rosebrock’s gift for songwriting, poetry, and comedy found him spontaneously making up
songs for children and adults alike, delighting his daughter, her friends, and the offspring of
relatives and friends, along with their grateful parents. He loved to write humorous musical
parodies on social and political subjects, but also applied these talents to converting modern
popular standards to new works for performance in Valencia churches through his
thoughtful, spiritual lyrics. An avid “regular” at resale shops nationwide, he had an extensive
collection of classic electric guitars and rare vinyl records that filled the family’s two-car
garage.
Mr. Rosebrock is survived by loving family members and fans from coast to coast,
including his wife Mary (nee Terry) Rosebrock, daughter Darcy of Decatur, Illinois, mother
Evelyn of Perry, Georgia, sisters Jere Smith of Bloomington, Indiana and Jana O’Brien
(Wayne Parman) of Oak Park, Illinois, and numerous in-laws, nieces, nephews, aunts, and
cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Theodore L. Rosebrock, and earlier this
year by his older brother, Dr. Steven T. Rosebrock.
Memorial services will be held on December 15 at 2 p.m. at the Newhall Church of the
Nazarene in Santa Clarita, California, and separately at Rosebrock’s hometown Speedway
Christian Church early in the New Year. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to The
WRAGS Fund (“We Reward Arts-Gifted Students) c/o Mary Rosebrock, Santa Clara Valley
Bank, 24300 Town Center Drive Suite 100, Valencia, CA 91355
Speedway native Douglas A. Rosebrock, 55, of Valencia, California, passed away suddenly
on Thanksgiving morning in Oak Park, Illinois during a holiday visit with family. The
apparent cause was heart failure.
The second of four children and a member of the Rosebrock family active in the life of
Speedway from the 1950’s through 1970’s, Rosebrock was a 1968 graduate of Speedway
High School and 1972 graduate of Indiana University. He moved to California in 1977 and
worked for nearly 25 years in total quality management and technical writing for Lockheed
Martin in greater Los Angeles. A lifelong musician, he performed in local rock bands,
Broadway musicals, and church ensembles for four decades. His lyrical tenor voice lent
itself equally to the soothing ballads he penned, to sacred music, and to the classics of the
rock era by The Beatles, The Who, and beyond. His beloved band, The Wrags, formed
during high school in Speedway, held reunions and made recordings and videos as recently
as the week of his passing.
Rosebrock’s gift for songwriting, poetry, and comedy found him spontaneously making up
songs for children and adults alike, delighting his daughter, her friends, and the offspring of
relatives and friends, along with their grateful parents. He loved to write humorous musical
parodies on social and political subjects, but also applied these talents to converting modern
popular standards to new works for performance in Valencia churches through his
thoughtful, spiritual lyrics. An avid “regular” at resale shops nationwide, he had an extensive
collection of classic electric guitars and rare vinyl records that filled the family’s two-car
garage.
Mr. Rosebrock is survived by loving family members and fans from coast to coast,
including his wife Mary (nee Terry) Rosebrock, daughter Darcy of Decatur, Illinois, mother
Evelyn of Perry, Georgia, sisters Jere Smith of Bloomington, Indiana and Jana O’Brien
(Wayne Parman) of Oak Park, Illinois, and numerous in-laws, nieces, nephews, aunts, and
cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Theodore L. Rosebrock, and earlier this
year by his older brother, Dr. Steven T. Rosebrock.
Memorial services will be held on December 15 at 2 p.m. at the Newhall Church of the
Nazarene in Santa Clarita, California, and separately at Rosebrock’s hometown Speedway
Christian Church early in the New Year. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to The
WRAGS Fund (“We Reward Arts-Gifted Students) c/o Mary Rosebrock, Santa Clara Valley
Bank, 24300 Town Center Drive Suite 100, Valencia, CA 91355
| JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING DOUG SPENT A FEW DAYS PLAYING AND RECORDING WITH THE WRAGS. ONE NIGHT MY DAUGHTER JAMIE STOPPED BY WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER HAILEY. WHEN JAMIE WAS TRYING TO GET HAILEY TO GO TO SLEEP DOUG WANTED TO HELP, SO HE PICKED UP A GUITAR AND WROTE THIS WONDERFUL SONG. ITS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF DOUG'S TENDERNESS AND LOVE. |
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