WILMINGTON-Wendy S. Falco, of Wilmington, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Christiana Seasons Hospice after a 15 year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born on Sept. 26, 1956 in Dover, N.J. and moved to Hackettstown, N.J. where she lived until 1985. She was married to John A. Rockle from May 26, 1984 until his death on June 3, 2006. She moved to Milton, Del. in 1985 and attended Del-Tech in Georgetown for Respiratory Therapy and became a respiratory therapy technician and worked at Beebe Hospital from 1993 to 2001. She then built a home in Harbeson where she and her family opened Takadence Acres Animal Rescue, Inc. on a 16 acre parcel of land. The shelter closed in 2008 due to her health. After, she moved to Wilmington with her current husband, Joseph F. Falco Jr., owner of Joe Falco Portable Welding, Inc. Together they continued to fight her battle with her ovarian cancer. Joseph and Wendy were married on June 16, 2012 after 6 wonderful years of being together. In addition to her first husband John A. Rockle, she was preceded in death by her parents, Donald and Phyllis (Cleveland) Jordan; and brother, Ronald Richard Jordan. She is survived by her husband Joseph Falco; children, Michael Allen Rockle, Jennifer Lynn Bell, John Adam Rockle Jr., and Matthew Aaron Rockle; grandchildren, Andreya Kelly, Maile Jordan Bell, Richie Bell, Olivia Bell, Matthew Aaron Rockle Jr., Autumn Rose Rockle, Alexander Rockle, Evelyn Rockle and Cheyenne M. Clarke; and 2 great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 416 Federal St., Milton, DE 19968 where friends may call after 10:30 a.m. A visitation will also be held the night before on Wednesday May 20, 2015 from 4 – 6 p.m. Interment will be at the Delaware Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro, DE. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Wendy's memory can be made to: Changing Fate Equine Rescue of DE, 31283 Old Cabin Rd., Laurel, DE 19956; with Wendy Rockle Falco in the memo, please.