James A. Rockwell

James (Jim) A. Rockwell

Funeral Associate

In September 2019, Jim joined DeBord - Snyder Funeral Home as a part time Funeral

Associate. He is honored to serve families who are coping with loss of their loved ones.

Jim was born and raised in Huntingdon, PA. He was educated and graduated from Huntingdon Area High School and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia majoring in Architecture. He is a Registered Architect in the State of PA.

Jim and his wife, Darla Rockwell, moved to Lancaster immediately following their marriage in 1964. They have raised a family now consisting in 2025 of 3 children, 6 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren living across 5 states in the US.

From 1964 to 1999, Jim worked for Armstrong as a Corporate Architect rising through several professional level positions culminating as Manager of Architecture in the Central Engineering Department. As such, Jim was involved in the planning, design development, and owner’s representative services on facilities owned by Armstrong across the US and Canada.

Following early retirement from Armstrong granted in 1999, Jim formed his own private architectural practice, James A Rockwell, Architect, which was active from 1999 through 2010 when the economy took a steep down turn. During this period, Jim provided architectural design of residential properties and Owner’s Representative services in the management of client’s building projects. Most notable among these Owner’s Rep projects were the new Elizabethtown Public Library and the PA Academy of Music, currently known as The Ware Center in Lancaster.

Jim and his wife, Darla, are very active in the life of their Church, Salem UCC of Rohrerstown. They both donate large amounts of time to Church Committee work and Church Property Management.

Over the years, Jim has also been quite active in volunteer work for the Boy Scouts of America from whom he holds the rank of Eagle Scout. He is most proud to have been deeply involved in the original planning, design, and construction of the J Edward Mack Scout Reservation north of Lititz as well as improvement projects for the Bashore Scout Reservation north of Lebanon.