Fr. Thomas Bouchard

Rev. Thomas Bouchard, 86 Cape Coral, FL May 28, 1927 – March 26, 2014

Father Thomas Bouchard, aged 86, died in hospice at Windsor Assisted Living Facility in Cape Coral, Florida. He was born inDuluth, Minnesota on May 28, 1927 to Thomas and Muriel Bouchard. Father Bouchard attended Cathedral High School in Duluth then went on to college at Nazareth Hall in St. Paul and studied philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary.

Father Tom was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1953, by Bishop Thomas A. Welch at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Duluth.

In his many years of faithful service Father Bouchard served at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Cloquet; Immaculate Conception, Hibbing; St. Joseph, Grand Rapids; missions in Holyoke and Bruno; St. Michael, Kerrick; St. Edward, Longville; St. Paul, Remer; St. Paul, Warba; Immaculate Heart of Mary, Coleraine; Sacred Heart, Hackensack; and St. Agnes, Walker. He also served as a senator/consultor for the Diocese of Duluth. He retired in 1993.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his brother Richard Bouchard and brother-in-law Richard Bradley.

Survivors include his sister Char (Bill) Henderson, his sister Joan Bradley and sister-in-law Leah Bouchard and many nieces and nephews.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Lawrence Church, 2410 Morris Thomas Rd., Duluth on April 2, at 11 a.m.

Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, from 5-7 p.m. with a rosary at 6:30 p.m. at St. Lawrence Church. There will also be visitation before the funeral from 10 to 11 a.m. on April 2nd.

Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Duluth.

Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home.