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John J. Boelsen III, 70

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John J. Boelsen III, 70, of Hopkinton, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017. He was born in Yonkers, NY and was the son of the late Elizabeth (Tintera) and John J. Boelsen II.

John was a 1966 graduate of Marian High School and an Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. He was the owner of Boelsen Landscape Company. He also rescued and owned many Cairn Terriers.

He is survived by his siblings, Elizabeth Ross and her husband Jot of Ashland, Michael Boelsen and his wife Patricia of Hopkinton, Grace Bowker and her husband Bill of Webster, Barbara Boelsen of Hopkinton and Margaret Warner of North Carolina and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 5th from 10:00 - 11:00am at the Chesmore Funeral Home
of Hopkinton, 57 Hayden Rowe St. www.ChesmoreFuneralHome.com. A funeral home service will take
place following visitation at 11:00am. Burial will follow at the Bourne National Cemetery at 1:45pm.