Carroll Bouchard

Carroll Edward Bouchard, 83, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at the Creighton Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.
Carroll was born November 2, 1933, to Carroll P. and Mary R. (Haberkorn) Bouchard on a farm west of Jefferson, Iowa. He was the older of two children. Carroll graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1952 in Grand Junction, Iowa.
He spent two years in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. Then he went to work for Safeway Stores in Spencer, Carroll and Atlantic, Iowa. Carroll met Dorothy Kunz when he was working in Spencer and they were married July 15, 1961, in Mallard, Iowa. Then they moved to Carroll where their three children were born. In 1969, they moved to Atlantic and lived on Roosevelt Drive for 42 years. They moved to the Country Green Condos on 14th Street in 2011.
After Safeway closed in Atlantic, Carroll worked for Jaydon, Inc. for five years. He then opened his own restaurant in 1987 on Chestnut Street called Carroll’s Country Café. He ran the restaurant until he retired in 1995. Carroll loved to cook and he was very good at it.
Carroll got bored after he retired and started going to auctions and garage sales which led him to his next venture. This hobby turned him into redoing anything he could get his hands on such as antiques and making furniture and many other things out of old barn boards. He then proceeded to sell his items in the stores in Walnut, Elkhorn and Atlantic, Iowa. He enjoyed meeting all the wonderful people he came to know from this wonderful hobby.
Throughout all the years in Atlantic, Carroll was a member of SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church. He was on the Parish Council for a time and also served as an usher. Carroll was a member of the Atlantic schools booster club and spent a lot of time working the schools sporting events. He was also a member of the Elks Club.
Preceding Carroll in death were his wife, Dorothy and his parents.
Surviving Carroll are his children, Debbie (Rob) Van Cleave of Atlantic, Chris (Amy) Bouchard of Treynor, IA and Curt (Ann) Bouchard of Polk City, IA; grandchildren, Sara Mullin of Atlantic, IA, Matt (Chelsea) Sorensen of Sioux Falls, SD, Hilary Sorensen of Kanas City, MO, Taylor Bouchard and Tanner Bouchard both of Treynor, IA, Cole Bouchard, Coby Bouchard, Dominic Bouchard and Sophia Bouchard all of Polk City, IA; great-grandson, Jackson Mullin of Atlantic, IA; sister, Marilyn Paxton of Grand Junction, IA; brother-in-law, Larry Kunz of Reno, NV; sisters-in-law, Jeanette (Bob) Buscher of Algona, IA, Shirley Dawson of MO and Margie Arend of Altoona, IA; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 20, 2017, at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church with burial in SS Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery, all in Atlantic, Iowa.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 19, 2017, at Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic, Iowa.