JoAnne Arnina Beaman

July 18, 1937 - September 17, 2018

JoAnne Arnina Beaman , 81, of Glendora,CA and formerly of Elgin,MN passed away September 17, 2018 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, MN. JoAnne was born July 18, 1937 in Rochester, MN to Carlton and Arnina ( Polikowsky) Tradup. She grew up in the Elgin area in Minnesota, and attended Trinity Lutheran School and graduated from Elgin High School in 1955, she went on to attend college. She married John "Jack" Beaman on April 7, 1956.

JoAnne worked as a bank teller at a Rochester Bank before they moved to California in 1956. She continued working at a Bank while living in California and became a Bank Manager at Security Pacific Bank. JoAnne and Jack made Glendora their home for the last 53 years. After her retirement in 1990, JoAnne and Jack enjoyed traveling the world, and using their motor home to see the US.

JoAnne was a member of the Lutheran Women's Ministry League at her church, and enjoyed helping at the church whenever she could. She felt very blessed at the birth of her grandkids, and very saddened with the loss of her son, John "Johnny". JoAnne loved to volunteer by making blankets and donating them. She loved to go shopping and spoil her grandkids. She loved growing flowers, roses being one of her favorites. JoAnne loved to be surrounded by family and friends and truly enjoyed always having people over to her home. Her children and grandchildren always felt blessed, because they knew that they could always come to her for help and strength.

JoAnne is survived by her loving husband, Jack Beaman of Glendora, CA; daughter Julie Teeter of Ontario, CA; four grandchildren, Linsey, Lauren, Jake, and J.J. , and four great-grandchildren, Landon, Jack, Logan, and Weston; and a sister Janet (Wesley) Moore of Elgin, MN. She is preceded in death by her parents, son John, and two brothers.