Manola "Syble" DeBrock Obituary (1936 - 2024)

Manola “Syble” Lee DeBrock, 88, of LaSalle, Colorado, passed away November 27, 2024. Born in Cairo, GA, to Richard Palmer Lee and Martha Eugenia Griffen Lee on January 8, 1936, Syble was the third of 11 children. The family moved to Florida, and Syble found a love of gardening, fishing, and the sea. Syble met James DeBrock in Florida in 1953. He was the love of her life, and they married in his hometown of Superior, WI, on February 3, 1955. They began their family in Minnesota with twins Michael and Thomas, born May of 1956. In 1964, their son Russell was born in Colorado. Before marrying, Syble attended Tallahassee Business School and later used it as a bookkeeper to the businesses she and Jim owned, as well as for private clients. Syble was preceded in death by her husband Jim in August of 2016, her parents, two sons – Michael and Russell, siblings – Wiley Lee, Dorothy Neal, Grace Arnold, Palmer Lee, Bryon Lee, and Allan Lee, and grandchildren – Christopher Langley and Tony Garcia. Survivors include her son, Thomas and his wife Lynn, grandsons Tommy DeBrock, Terry Garcia and his wife Michelle, Jim and Jake De Brock, and granddaughter Josie Bjorkland and husband Jeff. Also surviving are her great grandchildren Irie, Hailey, Jayden, Isabella, and Lucas, and her great great granddaughter Everleigh, as well as siblings Randall W Lee and wife Agnes (whom Syble loved as a sister), R Terry Lee and wife Anita, Linda Aerring, and Brenda Williams.