FREEPORT – Beatrice Hudon MacInnes, 96, a native of Lisbon, died Thursday, May 5, at Hawthorne House in Freeport.

After graduating from Lisbon High School as valedictorian in 1922, she completed Farmington Normal School in 1925 and began teaching at a one-room schoolhouse in Skowhegan at the age of 18. She attended Columbia University Teachers College in 1939-1940.

By 1939, she was teaching in Caribou, where she met the Boston teacher and married him in 1941. They had their sons in 1943 and 1944.

The family moved to New York City and then to Northampton, Mass., in 1951, where Rod attended Clarke School for the Deaf.

Her husband, John, passed away in 1952, and Bea began her dual career as single parent and elementary teacher, returning to Farmington for two summers to complete her baccalaureate degree. With her passion for education, she helped both sons to attend excellent prep schools (on scholarship), colleges and graduate schools.

By 1972, she became a happy lady of leisure and started traveling the world, making a total of 15 overseas trips. One real highlight was when her sons surprised her in Paris, France, on her 70th birthday.

In 1984, she decided – in her typical independent way – to move back to Lisbon to be closer to her siblings. She resided in Lisbon until 2000, completing her full life circle. Both her sons were with her when she passed away.

She is survived by her two sons, J. Roderick of South Portland, and David Hudon of Vancouver, B.C.; and two sisters, Blanche Hudon and Corinne Wrenn, both of Lisbon.

She was predeceased by her husband, John R. MacInnes, a native of Boston, in 1952; three brothers, Eugene, Ernest and Alfred; and two sisters, Bertha and Helen.

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