Marie Janet (St. Pierre) Brock, 88, a retired nurse and employee of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, died Monday, May 12, 2025 at her home surrounded by loved ones. She was the wife of the late Sargent Thomas Brock of the Massachusetts State Police, to whom she was married for 31 years. Thomas died in October 2021.
Marie was a graduate of Commerce High School in Worcester and attended nursing school in Worcester. She worked many years in hospice which she left for a career on the Mass Pike. She was loved and respected by all she served. She enjoyed homes on Mount Rumney in New Hampshire, Port Saint Lucie, Florida and her primary residence in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
She is survived by her children, devoted son Jon Lachapelle, daughter Diane Strickland and daughter Janet Horning and her husband Joel. She also leaves granddaughters Michelle Lachapelle, Samantha Herman, Camille Fowley, grandsons Kyle and Brandon Strickland and loving cousins Charlene Donohue and Christine Ziegler.
She is preceded in death by her daughters Denise Herman and Donna Pomeroy.
The funeral will be held Friday, May 16, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. from the Callanan Cronin Funeral Home, 34 Church Street, Hopkinton. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, 20 Church Street, Hopkinton. Burial will follow in St. John’s Cemetery, Hopkinton. Calling hours at the funeral home are Thursday, May 15, 2025 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
