DAVID "DAVE" LEE ROSTOCHIL died on Sept. 4, 2014 after
a brave, two-year battle with bladder cancer.
Born on June 12, 1944 in Chicago, IL, Dave was the youngest
of three boys born to Kathryn (Kay) and Joe Rostochil. After
Joe’s death in 1953, Kay married Tony Oesterreicher and the
family (which now included younger sister, Mary) transferred
with Western Electric to Oklahoma City in 1958. Dave graduated
from Putnam City High School in 1962, where his effervescent
personality & quiet charm earned him the title of Mr. Pirateer
his senior year. He then went to work at Western Electric
while attending college at night until he went into the Army
in 1965, where he served stateside for two years. After being
honorably discharged, Dave returned to the Metro and continued
working and going to college at OCU until being transferred to
Dallas in the early ‘70s. It was there that he received his
degree in Business Administration from SMU and, more importantly,
met the love of his life, Suze Williams Rostochil. Theirs was
a beautiful, life-long romance that began when an instantly
smitten Dave proposed on their first date. The couple married
on June 4, 1976, and spent their 38 years together acting like
giddy, newly-in-love teenagers who held hands everywhere they
went and took great delight in making each other (and everyone
around them) giggle uncontrollably at the slightest thing. A
few years after their wedding, Dave & Suze returned to Oklahoma
City, where he became Department Chief of Integrated Circuits
at Western Electric (now Lucent) until retiring after 32 years
with the company in 1996. Since then, he has enjoyed a life of
leisure playing the stock market, working on his computer,
spending time with friends and family, and traveling with his
lovely wife.
Dave was preceded in death by his beloved mother, Kay, and step-
father, Tony; his tennis buddy and older brother, Bill; and his
treasured nephew, Jay.
He is survived by big brother, Joe Rostochil, and his wife, Leta;
sister, Mary Coffman, and her husband, Doug; several nieces and
nephews; and many friends and neighbors who will long remember
Dave’s jovial personality, generous spirit, & infectious laughter.