HILLCREST — Longstanding Rochelle and Ogle County-area business O’Rorke Construction will cease operations around the end of June as its owners and brothers John, Dominic and PJ O’Rorke will be retiring. The family business, incorporated in 1996, has been in operation for the past 29 years.
Raised on a farm, the O’Rorke brothers learned how to use carpentry tools and how to repair buildings and work on machinery. After high school, all three of them worked for construction companies and made the decision to go into business as partners. O’Rorke Construction grew and hires were made and later on they built their Hillcrest location.
“We’re all getting older,” Dominic O’Rorke said. “You’re more limited on things you can do as you get older. I want to spend more time with my family and enjoy the rest of my life and not be under a lot of stress all the time. We have a couple projects that are started that we’re wrapping up and then we’ll be done. Working with family has been great. It’s been great to have family to rely on and back you up on everything. It’s been great to have the support of family here and everybody at home.”…