LAROCK - Rose Marie,

Behavior Instructor

6/16/2006 

NIAGARA FALLS - Rose Marie LaRock, a behavior instructor, died Wednesday in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a long illness. She was 60.

Born Rose Marie Bianca in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., she moved here with her family in 1953. She was a graduate of LaSalle Senior High School and Niagara County Community College.

She had worked as a special education aide at LaSalle Junior and Senior high schools and then as a behavior instructor at Opportunities Unlimited.

Survivors include her husband of 42 years, Frederick J.; three daughters, Kim Marie Syruws, Toni Sue Merante and Christine Malinowski; her father and stepmother, Dominic and Janet Bianca; and a sister, Mary Ann Bruner.

Prayers will be said at 9 a.m. Saturday in Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave., followed at 9:30 by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. John de LaSalle Church, 8469 Buffalo Ave.