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Mr. John Francis Bourdeau: Obituary

Mr. John Francis Bourdeau, age 68 of the Mountaintown community, Ellijay, Georgia passed on Friday evening, June 24, 2016, at the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mr. Bourdeau was born December 5, 1947 in Schenectady, New York to his late parents Albert Phillip and Loraine Margaret Nolan Bourdeau. He was a graduate of Schenectady High School, and was employed by Indian Pines Golf Course in Ft. Pierce, FL as the course superintendent.

John is survived by his life partner, Peg Garcia of the home in Ellijay, GA; daughter and son-in-law Michelle and David Jurkiewicz of Vero Beach, FL; son, Richard J. Bourdeau of Schenectady, NY; sisters and brothers-in-law, Elaine and Arthur Freitag of Burnt Hills, NY and Deborah and Gabriel Galietta of Schenectady, NY; brother, Mack Albert Bourdeau of Schenectady, NY also survives.

No services are planned.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made the the American Heart Association, 1101 Northchase Parkway, Suite 1, Marietta, GA 30067-6411 in memory of Mr. Bourdeau.

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