State Police officer Kenneth J. Carroll, Jr., who died due to illness at 53 years old, remembered as ‘devoted father’

Kenneth J. Carroll, Jr., an active Massachusetts State Police officer who died due to an illness, was remembered as a “devoted father” in his obituary.

The Massachusetts State Police sergeant died Saturday at the age of 53. He was a life-long resident of Wilmington, Massachusetts, and died “peacefully surrounded by his loving family,” the obituary stated.

The Massachusetts State Police tweeted the police officer had died after a “brave battle [with] illness.”

He was a graduate of the 75th Recruit Training Troop and was assigned to Troop F, which provides policing to Boston Logan International Airport, Worcester Regional Airport and others, police said.

“Our deepest condolences to his family,” the police department tweeted. “May he rest in eternal peace.”

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