Joyce Anne Sharrow Bowles

Joyce Anne Sharrow Bowles, age 67, died December 21, 2008 at the Geisinger Hospice Hospital in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

Joyce was born December 31, 1940, in St. Regis, Akwesasne, the daughter of the late Martin and Margaret Mitchell Sharrow.

She is survived by 2 daughters: Jessica Marie O’Rourke and Kathleen O’Rourke, by 2 sons: John J. O’Rourke and Robert Paul O’Rourke and by 6 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.

Joyce is also survived by 2 sisters: Sylvia C. Sharrow Tooker and Elaine F. Sharrow Cronin, by 3 nephews, John, George and David Tooker and a niece Tina Marie Tooker. She was predeceased by her husband Benny Bowles, her father Martin Sharrow, her mother Margaret Mitchell Sharrow, by 2 brothers: Joseph Carl Sharrow and Milton Peter Sharrow, by a son Donald Patrick O’Rourke and a daughter Desiree O’Rourke.

Donations to help with funeral expenses may be made to Sylvia Sharrow Tooker, PO Box 307, South Cairo, NY 12482 or 518-821-2922.