Elaine Mary Bookhart died on Saturday May 21, 2022. She was 66 years old. Funeral services will be at 11 AM on Friday, June 10, 2022, at First Presbyterian church in Marshfield Wisconsin, with Rev. Laurie Brubaker Davis officiating. The visitation will be on at the First Presbyterian Church on Friday, June 10th from 10 AM until service time. She was born on August 20, 1955, in Marshfield Wisconsin to Robert and Mary (Dickson) Kohel. On July 31, 1993, she married Toney Bookhart. Elaine graduated from Marshfield High School. She attended UW Marshfield and UW Stevens Point for music and nursing. While at UW Stevens Point, she went on a European choir tour. She graduated with an associate science degree from UW Marshfield. For the last 4 years she was retired. In her many years working, she was employed at various jobs in healthcare and office positions. Elaine had a beautiful angelic singing voice. She sang in church choir and for many weddings. Elaine served in her church numerous years as children's choir director. Elaine was a talented guitar player. She wrote music and had a record produced of a song she wrote. She had a love of animals of all kinds, especially birds and cats. She enjoyed bird watching, including observing the birds at the bird feeders at her home. Elaine's love of animals empowered her to pursue her passion of photography as she took many artistic pictures of birds, other animals, flowers, and nature. Elaine stated she was a nature photographer who loved birds the most but anything in nature interested her. Elaine is survived by her husband Toney Bookhart, one brother Kirk (Jennifer) Kohel, sisters Lisa Hansen, Rhonda Helmke and many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her father Robert Kohel, mother Mary (Dickson) Kohel, sister Cynthia Kohel, brother Michael Kohel and brother-in-law Steve Helmke. During Elaine's courageous battle with cancer, she wrote the following hope-filled poem: Release Release from this body this cancer it doesn't belong here. Push it away with the flowing waters to have it disappear forever. Release this cancer, melt it away with the oceans and seas of time to be forgotten. Forgiven and forgotten. Give me my life again. Release this cancer and bring new life through Jesus and God and the Holy spirit. Break the bonds it has with my body. Release this cancer bring new life to begin again to give others hope and gratitude for every day. One day at a time is all we have. RELEASE this cancer