A fine husband, a loving and caring father and, as the obituary points out, a passionate sports fan.
My wife and I were fortunate enough to stay at the Rattner home on New Hyde Park Road on many of our trips to the New York City area. We generally arrived in the early evening. Rocky would invariably would be downstairs in the den, watching a sports game – the Mets, the Yankees, the Knicks, the Nets, the Rangers – whatever might be on that night.
His interest in sports did not shrink or calcify as he grew older. On the contrary. Upon moving to Las Vegas, he adopted the professional teams there. And his passion was not simply limited to watching. He loved playing sports, particularly basketball. And even as his body started to fail him in later years, Rocky still would invite me to go down to the courts to shoot some baskets.
He will be greatly missed, by both family and friends.