Kathleen Marie Brock

Hampton - Kathleen Marie Brock, at seventy-eight years, passed at the Hyder House Family Hospice in Dover following complications of cardiac surgery at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. Kathy, originally was from Charlestown then resided on the North Shore for some time, moving to Hampton fifteen years ago. She studied Chemistry at Emmanuel College and on scholarship Political Science at Tufts University, graduated from Suffolk Law School in 1976 Juris Doctorate, later to achieve certification as Registered U.S. Patent Attorney in addition to other legal credentials. She received a Science Masters of Business Administration from Boston University. She, as a genius, was a member of Mensa. Beginning in private practice law, she became a court clerk and worked in state legislature. She transitioned to government work for a career of over twenty years achieving higher grades and serving her country. First at the Jamaica Plain VAMC, then in contracting support at the Hanscom Air Force Base Judge Advocate Office, and lastly in contracting at the General Services Administration Boston. Tailored or casual, she brought a refined sense of compassion, skill, and awareness, weathering every storm with a gentle, healthy smile. In younger years she was accomplished in Tai Chi and a third-degree black-belt in Tae Kwon Do, competing internationally. Towards mid-life and in retirement she participated in leadership roles in church trustee service, condominium association board, and was active with the community garden. She lived and loved well, enjoying opera, hiking in the White Mountains, her beloved Siamese cats, Jungian psychology, gardening, camping, and travel to Europe, Ireland, Canada, and throughout America. Kathy lived a full life with a warm heart, over a third of those years as companion in relationship with significant other, Nancy Thompson, of Hampton, New Hampshire. She was pre-deceased by her parents, Helen (Rumley) and Attorney Owen F. Brock, Sr. of Hampton, NH. She also leaves brothers, sisters, cousins, and all their families; James Brock of Providence, RI, Laurence Brock (Christina) of Greenland, New Hampshire, Owen Brock Jr. (Betty Wheeler) of Oakland, California, Patricia Brock (Stewart Cooke) of Montreal, Canada. Family and friends will gather to honor and remember Kathy for a Celebration of Life on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at C'est Cheese, 285 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH 03842.

Kathleen Marie Brock

January 26, 1946 - January 22, 2025