She was born on January 11,1954 in Roswell, NM to the late Dorothy Headrick Gilmore. On May 1, 2004 she married Andy West in Abilene. Rockette was a graduate of Abilene High School and was a legal secretary.
She is survived by her husband, Andy West of Abilene; children: Stephanie Evert, and wife Marcie of Abilene, J.K. Jones, and wife Jennifer of Abilene, and Heath Jones, and wife Angela of Tuscola; grandchildren: Cade, Jazzlyn, Josiah, Kinzie, Kylee, Kooper, Rayleigh, Chandler, Madison, Skyler, Haley, Chase and Kaitlyn; 6 great grandchildren; siblings: Darlene Donald, Charlotte Niedecken, Angie Castro and husband Pete, Gina Yarbrough and husband David, Rocky Gilmore, and wife Martha, Jerry Engelhaupt, and wife Gay, Becca Eldredge, and husband Lee, Jim Engelhaupt and Billie Engelhaupt; sisters-in law, Nancy Davis and Thomasine West; brothers-in law, Mike and Mark Reaves; several nieces and nephews.
Visitation for Mrs. West will be from 6:00 – 8:00 PM Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 5701 US Hwy 277 South in Abilene. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at the Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park.
Fond memories or expressions of sympathy can be made at www.elliott-hamil.com for the West family.
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