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August 19, 2024Life Lines» Obituaries

State highway department plowman and mechanic loved to hunt, fish, camp, bowl and tinker with cars

Published August 19, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.| Updated August 19, 2024 at 6:05 p.m.

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David Bora

DavidP. Bora went to be with our Lord after a long and courageous battlewith cancer. He was born on March 22, 1943, to the late Yvonne(Dumas) and Victor Bora.

Inhis early years, David loved to hunt, fish and tinker with cars. Healso enjoyed camping and bowling. David was a former employee of thestate highway department, first as a plowman, then as a mechanic.

Davidis survived by the love of his life, Diana (Hanley) Bora; hischildren Deborah Flynn and her partner, Thomas Boivin, and David Jr.and his partner, Denise LaFramboise; grandchildren, Lisa, Kristen andJohn Flynn, and Brittany Merriman and her husband, Cody Root;great-grandchildren Adam Flynn and Zane and Zeplin Root; and manynieces, nephews and cousins.

Davidwas predeceased by his parents; son Victor; brothers, Victor andRichard; sisters, Barbara and Nancy; his mother- and father-in-law,Frances and Bud Hanley; and son-in-law, John Flynn.

Visitinghours will be held on Thursday, August 22, 5-7 p.m., at Corbin &Palmer Funeral Home, 9 Pleasant St., Essex Junction, VT.

Amemorial service will be held on Friday, August 23, 10:30 a.m., atCorbin & Palmer Funeral Home, followed by a graveside service atFort Ethan Allen Cemetery and a reception at St. John Vianney inSouth Burlington.

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