Joanne Gaye Bowman, age 55, died at home in Brookline MA, on March 11, 2011 of ovarian cancer. Joanne was born in Salem OH on October 8, 1955, raised in Canfield OH and graduated from South Range High School in 1974. Joanne married in 1977 and settled in Goshen IN where she graduated from Goshen College in 1978. She moved to Brookline MA in 1992 with her husband and two young children, where she lived until her death. Joanne was a lifelong member of a Mennonite church congregation wherever she lived, most recently the Mennonite Congregation of Boston. She served her co-workers and clients for many years as an insurance and medical office worker, most recently at Fenway Community Health in Boston MA. She enjoyed many activities, including sacred dance, gardening, sewing, cooking and baking, movies and shape note singing from the Sacred Harp. Joanne considered her marriage and raising her children to be the most significant activities of her life. In family life, work, church and other activities, Joanne derived great joy from the people around her. Joanne is survived by her parents Ruth Detwiler Bowman and Paul E Bowman of Columbiana OH, brother Greg Bowman of Greenford OH, sister Lori Bowman Graber of Delavan IL, husband John L Bowman, daughter Sarah E Bowman of Providence RI and son Phillip D Bowman of Brookline MA. The family will receive and sit with guests in their Beals Street home Sunday, March 13, 3:30-5:30pm, and Monday and Tuesday, March 14-15, 7-8:30 pm. A memorial service and Sacred Harp singing will be held later in Cambridge MA, and a memorial gathering will also occur in Columbiana OH. Joanne's remains will be buried at Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge MA. Further information about memorial service dates will be available at www.faggas.com. In lieu of flowers, tax deductible contributions may be made in Joanne's memory to Friends of Hall's Pond (PO Box 1844, Brookline, MA, 02446), or to the Joanne Bowman Memorial Fund at Circle of Caring at Hospice of the Good Shepherd (www.hospicegoodshepherd.org), where funds will be used for care of clients who cannot afford hospice services.