Lt. Col. Joseph Maurice Boucher, Army (Ret.), known to family and friends as “Mun,” 88, of Laconia, N.H. died on Aug. 9, 2019, at Concord Hospital.
Born on May 21, 1931, in Milan, N.H., the son of the late Edward and Dora (Laflamme) Boucher.
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