Wed, 04/14/2021 - 5:58pm sarahp JOAN MARIE (BEAZLEY) BULLOCK
MIDDLEBURY — Joan Bullock, 84, died March 10, 2021, of natural causes related to late-stage dementia. Joan was born in Lancaster, Pa., the daughter of the late Russell Beazley and Marie (Schlegel) Beazley. Joan grew up in Allentown, Pa., graduating from Allentown High School.
After high school Joan was employed at the
Morning Call newspaper, which also was the
Evening Chronicle and
Sunday Call Chronicle, selling advertising. She then became a teller at the Bell Telephone Company prior to having her family. She moved to Bridgewater, N.J. after her marriage. She divorced and worked as a teller at Somerset Trust Company in Somerset, N.J. She became the Director of Public Relations at the Somerset Community Action Program (SCAP) in Franklin Township, N.J., and then the Executive Director of Mobilization of Resources, Somerville N.J. Joan would continue to fight for equal rights, justice for the poor and disenfranchised, and for the widening of the social safety net her entire life. While in New Jersey, Joan managed the local Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program. She served on the board of the Day Care and Child Development Council of America in Washington, D.C., and testified on childcare before Senate sub-committee hearings in Washington. Joan served as adjunct professor at Rutgers’ Graduate School of Social Work.