{"id":5927,"date":"2022-09-05T13:08:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T13:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=5927"},"modified":"2022-09-08T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T12:09:05","slug":"kenneth-p-drouin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=5927","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth P. Drouin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Kenneth P. \u201cKen\u201d Drouin \u2013 73 \u2013 of 39 Pine Hill Dr., Alfred, NY, died early Monday morning (September 5, 2022) at Corning Hospital, following a long illness.<\/p>\n

Born in Methuen, MA on November 16, 1948, he was the son of Alfred & Lorraine (Racicot) Drouin.<\/p>\n

Ken grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire where he attended Nashua High School.\u00a0 He was a Veteran of the United States Marine Corp., serving his country from 1966-1969 during the Vietnam Conflict.\u00a0 While stationed in Vietnam, Ken engaged in combat and was wounded with shrapnel.<\/p>\n

Following his honorable discharge from the Marines, Ken resided in California for several years and later lived in Oregon.\u00a0 While living in Oregon, he owned & operated a successful cabinet making business with his brother.\u00a0 Ken moved back to Nashua, NH for a time and later returned to California where he served as an explosives inspector for the United States Department of Defense.\u00a0 He has resided in Alfred since 2008.<\/p>\n

Ken was a New York Yankees Fan (MLB) and also enjoyed rooting for the Pittsburg Steelers (NFL).\u00a0 His greatest joy, however, was simply spoiling his grandchildren & great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n

In addition to his parents, Ken was preceded in death by his daughter, Ann-Marie Navez; his brother, Ronald Drouin; and his grandson, Joshua Mejia.<\/p>\n

He was married on April 16, 1984 to the former Robin Gilcreast who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are his son, Matthew Drouin of Palms Springs, CA; 2 grandchildren, Maria (Joshua) Rowe and Joseph Mejia; 3 great grandchildren, Miguel Carranza, Cristobal Cortez JR and Nirvana Rowe; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

At Ken\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 Private services will be held at the convenience of the family.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n

Ken\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl., Memphis, TN\u00a0 38105.<\/p>\n

To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kenneth P. \u201cKen\u201d Drouin \u2013 73 \u2013 of 39 Pine Hill Dr., Alfred, NY, died early Monday morning (September 5, 2022) at Corning Hospital, following a long illness. Born in Methuen, MA on November 16, 1948, he was the son of Alfred & Lorraine (Racicot) Drouin. Ken grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire where he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5927"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5938,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions\/5938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}