ROCHELLE — William Cody “Bill” “Snork” Weeks II, 65, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Oct. 3, 2017. Bill entered this world at Rochelle Community Hospital on July 12, 1952 at 12:30 p.m. to William C. and Patricia (Coté) Weeks.
Bill was a typical 1950s child who took piano lessons, was a Wolverine, played sports, worked at his dad’s gas station and terrorized his little sister. Bill graduated from Rochelle Township High School in 1970 where he excelled in academics, Thespians, vocal talent, occasional mischief and also retained lifelong friendships with his classmates as well as his teachers.
Bill was also a protégé of Miss Phelps and his classical piano training did not go unnoticed when he joined the Navy. Bill was fortunate to join the choir during his freshman year at Augustana College and the Messiah was a performance his mom would not soon forget.
Bill enlisted in the United States Navy in 1972. Hoping to join the SEAL program; his path changed to fireman on the Thomas A. Edison SSBN-610 nuclear submarine. The Edison also had an upright piano that Bill played, much to the entertainment of the crew. During the construction of Thomas A. Edison, the construction captain requested that a Steinway piano be placed aboard. This piano remained on board the submarine for 22 years (1961–1983) up until her decommissioning. The Steinway piano is the only example of a full-sized piano ever installed on a U.S. submarine conducting nuclear deterrent patrols. Upon his mom’s death in 1974, Bill was granted an Honorable Discharge from the Navy to come back home to help with his sisters and was officially released from active duty on Oct. 14, 1977. 
Bill was a “life long learner” and completed many degrees and certificates, he was a graduate of Tulsa Welding School, Rock Valley and Kishwaukee colleges. Bill’s travels took him to ports in Rota, Spain; New London, Conn.; Bremerton, Wash., and the Panama Canal, work in Tulsa, Okla., and Mobile, Ala.
Bill’s mom loved learning about different cultures and shared that love of language, books, old movies, music, cooking and travel. Languages were easy for Bill – Spanish in particular, music, IHSA vocal performance ribbons, high school plays, family vacations to Fort Myers Beach, the hunt for Morel mushrooms every year, supplying the squirrels with peanuts and feeding the birds, the annual horseradish digging and grinding in the fall at Dad’s, hunting and fishing were just some of the things he participated in and enjoyed.
He will be remembered for his love of a good time, raucous laugh and Hawaiian shirts. 
Bill was a member of American Legion Post 403, life member of Rochelle VFW Post 3878 and is celebrating 34 years as a Brother Mason of Horicon Lodge #244.
He is predeceased by his parents. 
Bill is survived by his daughter, Jaime (Sam) Sitzman; sisters, Toni (Larry Ebker) Weeks of Rochelle and Aimee (Chris) Anderson McNeely of Missouri; nephews, Christopher (Maria) Hartman and their four children of Arizona, Rich (Amanda) Anderson, Rocky (Angie) Anderson and niece, Starr Anderson and their children all of Missouri.
The visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at the Unger-Horner Funeral Home, 400 N. Sixth St., Rochelle, with a Masonic service being held at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Lawnridge Cemetery in Rochelle with military honors provided by the Eastern Lee-Ogle Honor Guard. Hawaiian shirts encouraged! Memorials may be made to Horicon Lodge #244 or to the family. 
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