Long-time teacher and coach Matthew Boersma died Jan. 11 at age 52 following an eight-year battle with cancer.
Boersma worked as a middle school gym teacher in Eaton Rapids before retiring from the district in February, his wife Rachel Boersma told the State Journal.
Boersma was diagnosed with HPV-positive head and neck cancer in 2018, Rachel told the State Journal, but even after the diagnosis, the family didn’t skip a beat…