Phoebe Ann Cannell Beaulieu (Ann) was born to Tom and Phoebe Cannell February 1, 1942. She married John E. Beaulieu May 15, 1976.

They have one daughter:
Emily Ann , April 27, 1977.

Emily Ann
b. April 27, 1977

Ann graduated from Portland State University and after two years of teaching went to the University of Washington where she gained a masters in Librarianship. She then moved to Astoria, Oregon and worked two years as assistant Librarian at Clatsop Community College.

During that time she met a very friendly young student, John Beaulieu. But they went their own ways...Ann to travel to Australia and then join the Peace Corps for 4 years. John joined the navy for 4 years and then after moving to Denver, CO, completed his masters degree in Special Education.

After a telephone courtship (not having seen each other in 5 years), they eloped to Reno and were married in the Methodist church there...enjoying the flowers of the previous wedding, reception for which was going on in the basement. Witnesses were two church ladies who came upstairs to peek in.

Ann worked as a school librarian in Springfield, Oregon while John gained his Ph.D. in Ed. Psychology and in 1985 began to teach at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. The family moved there in July, 1985. Ann "retired" from working in elementary schools and stayed home to run the small publishing business John had started while in graduate school in Eugene, OR.

Both John and Ann now work fulltime for Visual Health Information and have 11 other employees. Their dream is to be able to free themselves from the company enough to spend half of each year in their motorhome in sunnier places...but that isn't possible yet. Short trips must suffice for now.

The summer of 2004 was dominated by the happy occasion of the wedding of their only child, Emily, to Matt Herschleb (now Matt Beaulieu). This took place in La Jolla, California. John is a bit saddened by Emily and Matt's move from the San Diego/Encinitas area to Laguna Niguel which is closer to LA, CA. However, they spent Thanksgiving with Em and Matt and found that area has lots of beautiful and interesting things to see and do. Ann can't wait to get back down in warmer weather and catch the ferry to Catalina Island! The ferry dock is at Dana Point, about 10 minutes from their apartment.


Daughter Emily graduated from the University of WA and is now down in San Diego pursuing her Ph.D. in Political Science. She became engaged April 27th, 2003 to Matt Herschleb of Encinitas, CA.

Matt and Emily Beaulieu married August 14, 2004 in La Jolla, Ca. They honeymooned in Peru and then moved to Laguna Niguel, CA to be nearer Matt's work as Marketing Coordinator for Noritz America Corporation, a subsidiary of Noritz Corporation in Japan, which is the leading manufacturer in the world of tankless hot water heaters. Emily continues to work on her dissertation and hopes to begin looking for a university teaching position in the Political Science field in 2005/2006.


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