{"id":83228,"date":"2021-10-05T11:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=83228"},"modified":"2021-10-06T09:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:22:23","slug":"brooks-ken-age-59-kitchener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2021\/10\/brooks-ken-age-59-kitchener\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks, Ken (Age 59, Kitchener)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83229 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/10\/1be23de1-oct5-brooksk.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Ken Brooks of Kitchener passed away on Friday, October 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, at the age of 59. He was deeply loved by his partner of eighteen years Brenda Budgell, his step-children Cassandra &amp; Josh and Brandon and step-grandchildren to Tara and Kieryn. Cherished brother of Larry &amp; Felicia, Terry &amp; Marion, Jim &amp; Darlene, Don &amp; Donna, Darlene, Linda &amp; Dan and Donna, as well as nineteen nieces and nephews and many cousins and dear friends. He was predeceased by his mother Helen Steffler, father Robert \u201cWhitey\u201d Brooks and brother-in-law Ronnie Willfong. A private family funeral service will be held at McBurney Funeral Home, Wingham on Wednesday, October 13<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, at 1:00 p.m. Although the service is private, a link to live stream the funeral is available on the website. A celebration of life will follow in the near future. Final resting place, Wingham Cemetery. Online condolences at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.mcburneyfuneralhome.co<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">m\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcburneyfuneralhome.com\/tribute\/details\/1261\/Ken-Brooks\/obituary.html#tribute-start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click HERE to read full obituary.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ken Brooks of Kitchener passed away on Friday, October 1st, at the age of 59. He was deeply loved by his partner of eighteen years Brenda Budgell, his step-children Cassandra &amp; Josh and Brandon and step-grandchildren to Tara and Kieryn. Cherished brother of Larry &amp; Felicia, Terry &amp; Marion, Jim &amp; Darlene, Don &amp; Donna,","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6533,184,58,59],"class_list":["post-83228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-brooks","tag-kitchener","tag-mcburney-funeral-home","tag-wingham"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 12:39:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2021\/10\/brooks-ken-age-59-kitchener\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83242,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83228\/revisions\/83242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}