Janet Claire Cassady

Janet Claire Pancoast Cassady, 95 of St. Augustine passed away Sunday July 7, 2019 at the Riverside Cottages at the Shores. Janet was born March 13, 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio to the late Cyril and Ethel Pancoast. Janet spent most of her school years in Ohio, including attending Middletown High school before moving to Miami, Florida and graduating from Miami Edison High School. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Florida State College for Women (now FSU) and during WWII worked at the National Institute of Public Affairs. When the war ended she returned to Miami and married the late Claude Franklin Cassady, Jr. After living in Colorado, North Dakota and New Mexico, Janet and Claude moved to Ithaca, NY (with their two daughters) to pursue graduate work. Janet received a Master’s degree in Statistics. After Claude passed away in 1963, Janet returned to Miami where she made a career at University of Miami School of Medicine (from which she retired) teaching statistics to Medical students and assisting researchers with the design and interpretation of their research projects. If you google her you can still find some of the groundbreaking research papers which still carry her name. She contributed much to her community including taking active roles in the Woman’s Club of Hialeah and the American Lung Association of Miami-Dade County. She was an active member of the Hialeah First United Methodist Church and Poinciana United Methodist Church of Miami Springs. She loved orchids. Purple was her favorite color. She campaigned for environmental, human rights and women’s issues, and wrote letters in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. She practiced tolerance, kindness and understanding throughout her life. She spent eight years in Colorado before moving to St Augustine in 2017. Janet was an intrepid traveler and lifelong learner, reading voraciously and traveling to many far flung locations including China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and most of Europe. Many of these trips were with her daughters and sons-in-law and grandchildren. Her grandchildren credit her with inspiring their love of travel as well as instilling them with curiosity and the desire to continue learning throughout their lives. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and her brother Robert Pancoast. She leaves as her legacy her daughters and sons-in-law Justine Cassady (Ron Cutadean) (St Augustine) and Sheila Hollenbaugh (Roger)(Ohio), her grandchildren Elizabeth Hollenbaugh, Katherine Hollenbaugh (Chris Carollo) and Kendall Cutadean, and her great-grandchildren Max, Mia and Wilson Hollenbaugh. We hope to continue her legacy and will think of her often when we travel and when we encounter injustice or intolerance. A private family memorial will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to Planned Parenthood, Habitat for Humanity, or your favorite environmental, educational or human rights organization.

Janet Claire Cassady

March 13, 1924 - July 7, 2019