Fr. Rookey & Family
Wedding photo of Father’s parents, Anthony and Johanna Rookey, in 1902
Rookey family- circa 1911
Rookey parents with their first 10 children-circa 1919. Young Peter is sitting just below his father Anthony
Close-up photo of very young Peter
Early photo of young Peter with 4 of his sisters. (Willa) Rose in at the top. Below Rose on the right is his sister Mary, who died young of an illness in 1942, shortly after the death of brother Dale Rookey. Below Rose on the left is sister Genevieve with sister Kathryn on her right
Rookey family photo with 11 of the 13 children-Young Peter with hand on his mother’s shoulder-circa 1927
Parents Anthony and Johanna McGarry Rookey
Matriarch Johanna Rookey
Fr. Peter visiting his ailing mother in the hospital in 1952 or 1953
Brother Dale Rookey in 1941. First serviceman from Wisconsin to die in WWII. Johanna became the state’s 1st Gold Star Mother. Fr. Peter officiated at Dale’s funeral-the very first he performed as a priest
Dale Rookey’s obituary from January 30, 1942
Photo of Father’s older brother Gordon Rookey and wife Velma. Gordon served as godfather to the future Fr. Peter
Brother Harold Rookey in his US Navy uniform during WWII
Brother Bernard Rookey in his WWII US Air Force uniform. He was the next child born to Anthony and Johanna after the birth of Fr. Peter.
School photo of Fr. Peter’s brother Tom (Earl) Rookey
Tom Rookey in his US Air Force WWII uniform. As a pilot, he flew 42 bombing missions against the Nazis and lived to tell about it
Brother Richard (Dick) Rookey in his US Navy uniform at age 17 during WWII. He was the last of the 13 children born to Anthony and Johanna Rookey, 23 years after their first child, Willa Rose, was born
Fr. Peter with his sister, (Willa) Rose Martinson, the first born of the 13 Rookey children. She lived to be 90 years old. Also in the photo is Brother Jim Hrechko, Father’s right hand man in the ICM for many years
Father with his oldest brother, Chester (Chet) Rookey, who ran the Rookey Transfer family moving company in Superior Wisconsin for decades along with his brother, Robert Rookey. Their first cousin, Fr. Christopher O’Toole is also in the photo. He was the Superior General of the entire Holy Cross Order in the the US and Canada for 12 years, from 1950 to 1962
Wedding photo of Fr. Peter’s older brother Robert J. Rookey (always known as Bob) with wife Vera Danielson Rookey, parents of Father’s nephew, Tim Rookey and his siblings John, Mike and Betty. Right next to Robert is his brother Gordon and on the far right is sister Kathryn. Vera’s sister Esther is beside her and Esther’s husband Dan is on the far left. Robert and Vera were married on August 22, 1936.
Photo of brother Robert Rookey on St. Patrick’s Day. He was an Irish tenor with the best voice in the Rookey family. Fr. Peter always called himself a whiskey tenor
Family photo of Father with his hand touching his white haired sister Genevieve. Also in the photo are brothers Tom, Bernie (nicknamed Bun) and Dick Rookey, along with sister Kathryn Rookey Connolly
Fr. Peter with his sister Kathryn. He was the next Rookey child to be born after Kathryn came into the world
Posing at Father’s 50th anniversary of ordination party are his siblings Tom, Kathryn, Bernard and Richard
Lovely photo of Kathryn in later years
Six pack of Father’s brothers-clockwise are Bernard, Tom, Dick, Chet, Gordon and Robert
Fr. Peter with his brothers Dick, Robert, Gordon, Tom, Ch et and Harold
Father with 4 of his siblings, together with nephew Tim
Brother Tom Rookey with his loving brother Fr. Peter
Tom and Dale Rookey in the back row and Dick Rookey with cousin Jimmie in front
Father’s nephew and niece, Tim & Anne Rookey with their holy uncle at a Chicago area restaurant
Cindy and Mike Campbell, Father’s niece and nephew, at a banquet in his honor
Siblings Tom & Kathryn with Father at a family get-together with Cindy and Mike Campbell and their children behind them
Father’s niece, D. Marilyn Clancy with husband Bill. The daughter of Father’s sister Mary, D became the tourism director of Chicago and almost won her 1978 race for Congress.
Nephew Bernard Rookey, Jr. with wife Susan.
Fr. Peter with niece Betty Schultz on his left and brother Tom on his right. Behind him are his nephew Mike Rookey, nephew and niece Tim and Anne Rookey, and nephew John Rookey on the top right.
Nephew Mark Stack in his police uniform. As a teenager, he was miraculously cured of a malignant brain tumor when Father prayed over him while giving him the last rites of the Church.
Father with 6 of his brothers and his sister Genevieve Stack, mother of Mark Stack. Fr. Peter’s good friend, Bob Hope, signed this photo.
Brother Richard Rookey posing with his son Patrick and his brother Tom
Niece Joan Rookey Hogan (Gordon Rookey’s daughter) with her husband Ron
Father’s grand-niece Laura Rookey posing with him and grand-uncle Tom Rookey
Tom Rookey with his brother Gordon Rookey’s son, Tony Rookey, to his right. Pictured on the far right side is Joe Stack, brother in law to Fr. Peter and husband of his sister Genevieve
Brother Tom Rookey with wife Rita and children Joel, Christine, Kolleen, Peter, and Brian
Niece Sheila Connolly, daughter of Father’s sister Kathryn
Nephew Jim Rookey, son of Father’s brother Gordon and brother to Joan Rookey Hogan and Tony Rookey