Dorothy Jean Beamon - Obituary

orothy Jean (Stoliker) Beamon went Home to be with Our Lord on Thursday, March 1, 2018. She was predeceased by her parents (Joseph Frederick Stoliker and Ina Belle (Moore) Stoliker); her older sister, (Alvina M. Stoliker), and her younger brother (Gregory Stoliker) and her beloved husband (CMSGT John M. Beamon, USAF Ret). She is survived by her children (Alvina M. Bass, John M. Beamon, Jr. and Jeanne-Marie Trinidad); her grandchildren (Jonathan L. (Tenille) Bass, Tina M. (Paul) Chappelle, James B. (Katie) Dionson, Jesse L. (Heather) Dionson, and Rachel M. Trinidad) and her great-grandchildren: Bradley A., Ava M. and Sophia E. Bass; Jaden L.., Kylee L. and Cameron R. Dionson; and Azlynn R. and Alexander J. Chappelle. She is also survived by her sister, Shon (Michael) Halacka and many other dear family and friends. Dorothy Jean (a.k.a. Jean, Momma, Grandma B., Moo Moo and Canada) was born on January 30, 1925 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. After high school, she went to nursing school where she graduated in 1946 as a Registered Nurse specializing in Pediatrics. She lived in Windsor and worked at Grace Children’s Hospital until 1955. She then moved to Chicago, IL. and worked at the Children’s Memorial Hospital as a pediatric nurse (RN). That same year, she met her beloved husband (while she was visiting some friends who lived in the Washington, DC area) and was married after just a few months of dating (mostly through written correspondence). She then became a “military wife” from 1955 until 1968 when her husband retired from the United States Air Force. She only stopped nursing long enough to raise her children (to teenagers) where she then returned to work at the Greater Southeast Community Hospital (formerly known as Cafritz Memorial Hospital and currently known as United Medical Center in SE, Washington, DC) in their Pediatric Department. She retired from nursing in 1992 and became the babysitter for her grandchildren, especially when they were sick. Throughout the years, while she was working full time and even after she retired, she still took care of anyone who came to her front door. Whether someone needed a place to stay because they were having problems at home, or if they got “banged up” in a fight and they needed medical attention, everyone knew that they could go to her house and they would be taken care and be safe. She truly earned and deserved the title of “The Mom of West Side Forest Heights”. She was an amazing woman who had a beautiful heart and she will be truly missed by any and all who were blessed enough to know her and be loved by her