Joan B. Davenport

Davenport, Joan B., June 15, 2009.  Arrangements by Long Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Camden.
    BELFAST – Joan Bohan Davenport, loving wife, mother and special sister, passed away Monday, June 15, 2009, in Bangor. She was the daughter of James & Kathleen (McGuire) Bohan, formerly of Houlton.
    Joan was a 1953 graduate of Houlton High School and a 1956 graduate of Eastern Maine Medical Center nursing school. She moved to Daytona Beach, Florida where she lived for 34 years before returning to Maine in 1990. Joan had a special knack for doing many different jobs, including working as a nurse at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach; as an administrative aide to Congressman Bill Chappell; and as a substitute teacher in the Daytona area. She later returned to nursing working with hospice in Maine. Joan's sense of humor and honesty was unrivaled and whatever she did, she applied 100% effort even in fighting her illness. Her life was home, family, friends and her faith. Joan was a major presence in the lives of her family and there are no words to express their sadness and emptiness of losing her. Heartfelt thanks and gratitude is extended to the Rev. Dr. David Abbott and the caregivers at CCU and ICU at EMMC for their compassionate care and support of Joan and her family during her illness. She was an active member of the Belfast United Methodist Church.
    Joan will be greatly missed by her loving family; her husband, Raymond "Skip" Davenport of Belfast; her son, Andrew Romano and his wife, Amie and their children, Anthony and Nicholas of Las Vegas, NV; sisters, Betty Brescia of Newport; Nancy Diefendorf of Solon; Susan Wood of Shrewsbury, MA; Mary Ray of New Smyrna Beach, FL; Debbie Gold of Edgewater, FL; brothers, James Bohan and Brian Bohan both of Port Orange, FL; and special friends, Betty York and Barbara Lavoie.
    Visitation and a reception was held 12:30 p.m., followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m.,  Sunday, June 21, 2009, at the Belfast United Methodist Church, 23 Mill Lane, Belfast.    Memorial donations may be made to the Bangor Humane Soceity, 293 Mt. Hope Ave., Bangor, ME 04401.  Arrangements are with the Long Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 9 Mountain St., Camden.