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Jacques J. Boucher

Biddeford, Maine

March 12, 1938 - June 10, 2021

Jacques J. Boucher Obituary

Jacques Jean Armand Boucher, 83, of Biddeford, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Thursday, June 10, 2021. He was born in Daveluyville, Quebec, Canada, on March 12, 1938, one of thirteen children to Donat and Yvonne (Bellefeuille) Boucher. He came to the United States when he was two years old. He met his wife of 54 years, Donna (Fish) Boucher while showing horses. Jacques worked for 11 years as a master electrician and crane operator at the Navy Yard. In 1977, he and Donna purchased a dairy farm where they milked cows for 20+ years. He enjoyed several years working as the farm manager at Sweetser Children’s Home in Saco, were he not only managed the farm but mentored many of the residents, some still till this day. He was proud to be one of the founding members of the Mousam Saddle and Harness Club in Kennebunk and was involved long after he no longer showed gymkhana with his beloved horse Tonka. He also enjoyed being one of the founding members of the Abenaki Horse Club in Lyman ME where he used his Belgian draft horses to help clear the property. Jacques worked for Winding Brook and Down East Turf farms delivering turf along the East Coast and into Canada. During the winter months, he drove a snow plow for Hector Beaulieu and then for the Dayton Snow Fighters to keep the roads of Lyman safe during the harsh Maine Winters. Jacques spent countless hours helping out friends and family whether it was in farming, construction, electrical, auto and tractor repair or his favorite game, to play cribbage. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and horseback riding. He was famous for his homemade clam cakes! Mr. Boucher is survived by his beloved wife Donna, son John Boucher and his wife Cheryl, son Glenn Boucher and his wife Melissa, son Doug Boucher and fiancé Serina Davis, daughter Karen Lessard and her fiancé Fred Going, daughter Kelly Mitchell and her husband Ralph, daughter Jody Harrison and fiancé Fred Decker, grandchildren; Kayla Boucher, Madison Boucher, Aaron Lessard, Nathan Lessard, Karalyn Mitchell, Desserrae Dutil, Saleena Boucher, Emily Boucher, Alicia (Scott) Chandler, Josh (Emily) Walker, Caitlin (Chris) Foster, Calvin Curro, Richard Boucher, Amanda (Dylan) Harrison, Ashley (Nick) Love, Stephanie (Matt) Harrison, Kaeleigh (Sherman) Thyng, and Mareena Decker, great-grandchildren; Elizabeth Chandler, Jacob Chandler, Abigail Jewett, Jacob Jewett, Rosie Thyng, Victoria Boucher, Audrina Boucher, and Harrison Love. He is also survived by his loyal farm sidekick and coffee buddy, Eddie Timilty. He is also survived by four sisters Jeanne D’Arc Nadeau, Lucille Petrin, Lise Huard and Priscille Paquette, two brothers Claude Boucher and Normand Boucher, He was predeceased by his daughter Kathleen Hathaway and her husband Danny Hathaway. His siblings, three sisters Therese Fortin, Gisele Boucher and Jacqueline Mininni and by three brothers Gaston Boucher, Yvon Boucher and Jean Guy Boucher No services have been planned at this time. To leave an online condolence, please visit www.hopememorial.com.

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