Obituary for Joanna Beattie | Strong-Hancock Funeral Home
- Date Of Birth: April 13, 1929
- Date Of Death: April 7, 2014
- State: Maine
Joanna Voorhis Beattie “Jana”, 84, of Newcastle, Maine, passed away quietly in her room at the Lincoln Home on the evening of April 7th. A native of Plainfield, NJ, Jana made her home in Newcastle, Delaware. In 1994 she retired to her dream home along the Damariscotta River and her beloved summer camp on Biscay Pond in Bristol, Maine. Jana was Born on April 13,1929, the daughter of Rosalie Morris Voorhis and Harold Oliver Voorhis. She attended the Hartridge School for Girls in New Jersey, graduating in 1947, and attended the University of Indiana where she graduated in 1952 with a BS in Education. She immediately enrolled as a graduate student at the school of education at New York University, where her father, Harold O. Voorhis, held the position of Senior Vice President and Secretary. She earned her MA in Education and on the 11th of October, 1952, she was married to Lt. Robert T. Beattie, USAF. The couple moved to Sheppard Air Force Base where Bob was assigned to the 3750th Hospital Group, and Jana worked in the base nursery. Following Bob’s discharge from the Air Force, they moved to Montréal, Canada, where Jana taught elementary school, supporting Bob as he attended medical school at McGill University. Following graduation from medical school, Jana and Bob moved to Newcastle, Delaware, where Bob established a private practice. Jana raised two children and an assortment of pets in an 18th Century historical home at #2 The Strand. Over the years, she opened the doors to her house in support of “A Day in Old Newcastle.