Joan E. Bohn

Joan E. Bohn, 58, of West Babylon, Long Island, New York on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Proud Alumna of the University of Missouri-Columbia and of Rosati-Kain High School, St. Louis, MO. Beloved wife of Andrew Butler. Loving daughter of the late Thomas P. and Marion M. Bohn. Cherished sister of Mary Fuller (Randy), Gene Bohn (Karen), Joyce Payne (David), John Bohn (Ellen), Robert Bohn (Susan) and Michael Bohn (Mary Kay). Viewing Sunday, March 23, 2014 and Monday, March 24, 2014, 2-4:30 and 7-9:30 pm, at Claude R. Boyd-Spencer Funeral Homes, 448 W. Main Street, Babylon Village, New York 11702. Religious Service, 8:00 pm, Monday evening at the funeral home. Morning prayers Tuesday, 9:30 am, at the funeral home, before leaving for Pinelawn Memorial Park, Wellwood Avenue, Farmingdale, New York 11735. Memorial donations appreciated, in her memory, to either the Rosati-Kain High School Tuition Assistance Fund, 4389 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108 or the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Long Island Chapter, P.O. Box 7896, Hicksville, NY 11802. www.boyd-spencer.com. For further information, or help with directions, kindly call the funeral home at (631) 669-2400.

AFTER GLOW

I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when day is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun of happy memories that I leave behind when day is done.

I DID NOT DIE

Do not stand at my grave and weep:I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow:I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain:I am the gentle autumn's rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft star that shines at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there:I did not die.