Kenneth “Ken” Brockton Jr., age 44 of Nerstrand, passed away Friday, May 23, 2025, at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Kenneth LeRoy Brockton, Jr. was born July 5, 1980, in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. He was raised near Dennison, attended Northfield schools and graduated from Northfield High School. Ken spent many years living at Our Circle of Friends group home in Nerstrand where he was loved, respected, and he thrived. He worked at Epic Enterprises and loved working for the City of Northfield. Throughout his life Ken was a giver. His final gift was the Gift of Life when he requested at he be an organ donor so that others may live. Ken was loved and he will be missed.
Survivors include his brother Ben (Erica) of Northfield and their children Jubilee, Janessa and Huxley; Shannon’s daughters Maria and Joanne; his aunts Audrey Schultz of Mound and Margaret Brockton of Northfield; his uncle Karl (Christie) Brockton of Northfield; many cousins; and especially his family at Our Circle of Friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, his grandparents and his sister Shannon.
Services will be 1:00PM, Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Bierman, Benson & Langehough Funeral Home in Northfield. Visitation will begin at Noon. Interment will be in Meadow Ridge Cemetery, Faribault. Honorary pallbearers are his brother and cousins.
Arrangements are with the Bierman, Benson & Langehough Funeral Home & Crematory. www.northfieldfuneral.com
