NATICK: Broque William Cockrum, age 25, died while visiting his sisters in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the much-loved son of Karen Masterson Cockrum of Natick and Robert A. Cockrum of Ponca City, OK.
Born in Natick, Broque’s family relocated with his Dad’s military career. After several years living at Fort Meade in Maryland, the Cockrums were transferred to Hanscom Air Force Base. While there, Broque attended Bedford High School and in 2011 joined the Army. A member of a ground/air fire clearance command and a paratrooper, he was last stationed at Fort Bragg, NC.
Broque returned to Natick in 2015, and had been working as a mason in the MetroWest area since that time. Broque was a loving, caring, and devoted father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. Proud of his military service, he was also a great fan of both the Patriots and Bruins. Broque’s smile and beautiful soul will be forever missed.
In addition to his parents, Broque is survived by five children, Christian, age 7, Kaylee, age 5, Brooklyn, age 3, Lucas, age 1, and Mason who is 3 months old; two sisters, Bri-Ann Dixon and her husband Connor, and Kayla M. Cockrum, all of Norfolk, VA; His nephew Liam and niece Nicolette; grandparents Sandra Masterson of Framingham, Paul and Denise Shimanek of Wichita, KS, and Jonece and Mark Thorpe of Ponca City, OK; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
His service will be in the John Everett & Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park Street at Natick Common, on Thursday, January 26th at 1:00PM. Burial will follow at Saint Patrick Cemetery, Natick. Relatives and friends may visit with Broque’s family prior to the service from 11:00AM until 12:45PM.
Donations in Broque’s memory may be made to the Natick Needy Veterans’ Fund, 117 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760.