Patricia Hassard

June 16, 1942 – March 28, 2006

Pat Hassard Bolles – 2000 (photo courtesy of Evelyn Grady Sommers)

ASHLAND, MA – Patricia J. (Hassard) Bolles, 63, of Ashland, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at MetroWest Medical Center. She was the wife of Norman Bolles to whom she was married for 44 years.

Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Margaret (Hearn) Hassard. She grew up in Natick and had lived in Ashland for 41 years.

A certified nursing assistant, she had worked at Mill Pond Nursing Home for 10 years and, prior to its closing, had worked at Ashland Manor for 20 years. She loved the patients for whom she cared.

She was a huge supporter of Ashland Youth Hockey, and enjoyed vacationing in York, Maine.

Besides her husband, she leaves two sons, Tracy Bolles and his wife, Katie, of Bellingham, and Tom Bolles of Ashland; two daughters, Tina Bolles of Ashland and Theresa Bolles of Brookline; a brother, Jack Hassard of Marietta, GA; three sisters, Anne Larison of Davie, FL, Mary Diaz of Ashland and Claire McLellen of Marlborough; and two grandchildren, Caitlin and Sean Bolles of Bellingham.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, March 31, at 9 a.m., at St. Cecilia’s Church in Ashland.

Calling hours are Thursday, March 30 from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Matarese Funeral Home (www.mataresefuneral.com), 325 Main St., Ashland.

Donations may be made in her memory to American Diabetes Association, PO Box 1131, Fairfax, VA 22038-1131.