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Joan Davis Bowen - Class of 1953
Submitted by Fran Olson Gustafson 1965 <fgustafson917@gmail.com>
on 30/Nov/2023
71.223.77.118
Joan Elaine (Davis) Bowen entered into rest on Wednesday,
November 29, 2023. The daughter of the late Earl Edward
Davis I and Gertrude (McDowell) Davis Marcie, she was born
April 18, 1935 in Newburgh, NY.
Joan was a graduate of Newburgh Free Academy, and worked as
a Bookkeeper for Schoonmaker's Store, and as an Assistant
and Aide for Leptondale Elementary School for over 30 years.
She is survived by her brother William Davis; her children
Bonnie (Reggie) Rowe, Pam (Vinnie) Denisi, Brenda (Ricky)
Monroe, and April Gulak; her grandchildren: Sarah (Floyd)
Burger, Jason (Blair) Monroe, Danielle Monroe, Shannon Rowe,
Christina (Tom) Young, Richard (Kaitlyn) Rowe, Andrew
(Samantha) Gulak, Joan Rowe, Charles Gulak; her
great-grandchildren: Wesley, Cy and Jase Young, Jayden and
Bayliana Monroe, Camari Melvin and Treyson Norville, Brenden
Beltempo, Kyle, Charles, and Elijah Rowe, Aurora Rowe, and
Lily Gulak; and many nieces and nephews. She is also
survived by several nieces and nephews as well as her
caregiver nieces Joyce Hoffman and Jessica Glinsbecker, and
special dear friend Carol Graham.
Joan was preceded in death by her husband Charles Edgar
Bowen; her brother Earl Edward Davis II; and sisters Lilian
Riglioni, Helen Sayles, Gloria Hansen, Dorothy Davis and
Nira Gerkin.
Visitation will be held from 4-7 pm on Friday, December 1 at
Brooks Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Ave., Newburgh. A Funeral
Mass of the Christian Burial will be held at 10 am on
Saturday, December 2 at St. Patrick's Church, Newburgh, with
burial following in Calvary Cemetery, New Windsor.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's
Association at www.alz.org or St. Patrick's Parish, 55
Grand Street, Newburgh, NY 12550.
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