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Bill DeBoer

William DeBoer (Bill Sr.) is the founder of DeBoer’s Auto, Inc. and carries the title of President. He immigrated to America from Holland with his parents at the age of two. He grew up fascinated by cars which lead him to the pastime of drag racing and a career assembling cars for 13 years at Ford Motor Company. After the closing of the assembly plant and turning down options to relocate, Bill Sr. started DeBoer’s Auto in Newton, NJ in 1982. It was originally opened as a body shop/independent car dealer. After three successful years, Bill Sr. made the decision to buy his own business in Hamburg, NJ to continue selling used cars and trucks, discontinuing the body shop. Bill Sr. ran the business through its ups and downs of the economy and utilized the three bay garages that his new location provided to service vehicles for his per-owned customers. After Bill Jr. graduated from college, they worked on increasing the service business and it became the full service repair shop it is today. Bill Sr. is an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and has volunteered in that capacity on the Wantage Township first aid squad for over 20 years. He also was awarded the Paul Harris Award by Rotary international.