After serving families in the area for nearly fifteen years, Ken sold the funeral home to Tom Vertin, a third generation funeral director who operates funeral homes from his hometown of Breckenridge, Minnesota. Under both owners, the funeral home has serviced the entire Newport, Cottage Grove and Saint Paul Park area.

In 1993, with the growing population seen in and around the Twin Cities, a new facility was constructed in the community of Cottage Grove, in order to better meet current and future community needs as well as operational needs of the funeral home. An open house was held at the new Kok Funeral Home facility in Cottage Grove on Sunday, October 10, 1993.

The new facility in Cottage Grove is completely handicapped-accessible and reflects the style and presentation preferences of today’s families who call on Kok Funeral Homes. The facility was built with a comfortable foyer, beautiful fireplace, cozy chapel, a spacious arrangement area, as well as a lounge or second family room.

In 2002, the Saint Paul Park location was updated and redecorated to also reflect the current needs of area families. Over the years families have been blessed to develop wonderful relationships with past directors like Jim Koonst, Ron Troyer and Robert Haliburton, who made it their aim to serve area families in a quiet, professional way. Today, Heidi Ferguson, Deborah Janicke and Bill Jorgensen continue the tradition of service, being honored to serve area families out of both locations in Saint Paul Park and Cottage Grove.

At Kok Funeral Homes, we are honored to have earned the trust and confidence placed in us by those that we serve. We pledge to continue our century long commitment to families and members of our communities, far into the future.

You may learn more about our quest for excellence by visiting the Pursuit of Excellence page on our website.