He was born on July 31, 2004, in Sterling, IL, the son of Benjamin G. and Traci L. (Fritsch) Sandrock. He was a graduate of Prophetstown High School in 2022, obtained his associate’s degree at Blackhawk Community College East, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in May 2026 from Illinois State University. Connor had a love for purebred Angus Cattle and was planning on working on the Family Farm full-time after Graduation. He loved to golf, fish, and snow ski, watch the Chicago Bears, hang out with his friends, and never left the house without a baseball cap on. Connor also adored seeing and playing with his nieces, spending time with his family, and his girlfriend. He was a hardworking, smart, and competitive young man with a bright future who was always loved deeply by his entire family and all who knew him.
Survivors include his mother, Traci; brother, Sean Sandrock; sister, Breanna (Caleb) Torres; nieces: Adalynn and Avery Torres; paternal grandfather, Gary (Kathy) Sandrock; paternal grandmother Evonne Cox; maternal grandparents, Tom ( Melodie) Fritsch; great-grandparents: Jay (Chris) King, Judy Grummert, and Elaine Hilger; uncles: Matthew (Amanda) Sandrock, Nathan Sandrock, Zach (Kelsey) Sandrock; aunts: Faith (Tyler) Dambman, Terra (Joe) Wittenauer; several cousins; and his girlfriend Breanna Morgan.
He was preceded in death by his father, Ben Sandrock; paternal great-grandparents: Paul Hilger, Lowell, and Dorothy Sandrock; maternal great-grandparents: Delores (Joe) Hamblock, and Gary and Pat Fritsch.
Memorials may be made in Connor’s memory to Ronald McDonald House and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
