Darren Bohan Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information

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New York, New York

Banjos and Big Dreams
Like so many New Yorkers, there was more to Darren Bohan than met the eye. By day he was a temp and for the past few months he worked on the 102nd floor of 2 World Trade Center, where he crunched numbers for the Aon Corporation. But Mr. Bohan would rather have been plucking a banjo or strumming his guitar, jamming with friends until late at night.

Alison Kelley, his girlfriend, said he hoped to parlay his musical talents into a full-time job, perhaps as a music teacher at a public school. "Music was so important to him," she said.

Ms. Kelley, also a banjo player, spent many hours playing with Mr. Bohan. Their repertory ran from Irish ballads to songs by the rock band Kiss to 19th-century American roots music. "We'd play just about anything," Ms. Kelley said. The two had been inseparable since meeting at a music jam in Brooklyn seven months ago.

Laid back, gentle and unpretentious, Mr. Bohan, 34, tried not to gripe too much about his day job, although he was not thrilled to be working 102 stories off the ground. "He didn't like being so unnaturally high up, in a place where something terrible happened before," she said. "But he'd just try to tell people it was a nice view."

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Hi Darren, I had Pandora on the other day, TAKE ME TO THE RIVER came on, followed by BAD TO THE BONE. Flash back to the Wawona Community Center you, Mark and that kid who played the drums, The Axe Murders. Crazy night, there were a lot of music filled crazy nights. Did you have a hand in making those song play back to back...I think you did. Made me smile, I was thinking of you too. Your birthday is coming up 58, I imagine you with a bit of grey hair which of course you'd be handsome,...

Tammy Hays

September 14, 2024 | Friend

Hi Darren, We missed you so much yesterday, we were together at Leslie's. Barbara and Harry joined us; we had the Cape Cod Board on her patio. We told stories and laughed. We called you "adventurous". Love, Dad & Dale

Dale

September 12, 2024

Hi, Darren. This August, I swam in the Long Island Sound, the Peconic Bay, a lake in New Jersey, and a reservoir in some town called Sparrow Bush, NY. Is it because in the back of my mind I know 9-11 is coming that every August I feel totally compelled to run around, trying to do everything? We miss you so, so much. We carry you with us; trying to do it all.

Pamela Grossman

September 11, 2024 | Friend

Happy Birthday, Darren. A good day for your music! Love, Dad and Dale

Dale

September 29, 2023

Missing you and remembering all of the "Darren stories" at the family gathering at Mike's.
We have the marsh walk board from the Cape. A hurricane destroyed the walkway but luckily yours was salvaged. Sending our love, Dad and Dale

Dale Bohan

September 14, 2023 | Hurley, NY | Family

Thinking about you today Darren. So much time has gone by. ❤

Maureen McCarty

September 11, 2023 | Aptos, CA | Friend

Pausing to pray for your family today. We could sure use some of your music about now.

Del Newberry

September 13, 2021 | Heartland, TX

Twenty years and it seems a lifetime. Yesterday with our family, it seemed like time stood still. We were sad, but know that you are OK and with us all. We miss you; yet still hear your crazy stories and your music. All our love, Dad and Dale

Dale Bohan

September 12, 2021 | HURLEY, NY | Family

I’m in Wawona today and thinking of you.

Maureen McCarty

September 11, 2021 | Aptos, CA | Friend

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