Joan Marie Hill

Joan Marie Hill (Nee Medlin), 90, passed away peacefully after struggling with Alzheimer’s on May 13, 2023, at Westminster Woods on Julington Creek in St. Johns, Florida under the care of Community Hospice. Joan was born on September 6, 1932, to Geraldine and George Medlin in St. Augustine, Florida. She attended Ketterlinus High School and received her bachelor's degree in elementary education after receiving a scholarship towards her degree. While attending FSU, Joan met her husband-to-be, Joseph O. Hill of Lockhart, Florida. Joan began teaching in Hollywood, Florida where Joe looked her back up after the Korean Conflict (where he had enlisted) and later proposed. She thereafter taught in Miami, where she helped put her husband through school as an aerospace engineer, and eventually taught in Cumberland, Maryland. The couple moved to Slidell, Louisiana, and by that time they were parents to a boy and girl. They thereafter moved to the Baltimore/Washington area as Joan stopped teaching full-time. Joan became continually active in her local Baptist Church, teaching Sunday School, Bible School, and being the church pianist. She also evolved into a substitute teacher at the local elementary school. When it came time to retire, Joan was able to move back to her beloved St. Augustine area of Florida and along with her husband build her dream home. She was finally able to return to the friends and family she loved so much and had left behind. Joan enjoyed new-found retired life as an empty-nester and became highly active in Moultrie Baptist Church as a member and pianist. She is survived by her sister Virginia Du Beau of St. Augustine, FL; son Stuart C. Hill of Cape Coral, FL (wife Vicki), daughter Lisa M Demcie, (husband Steve) of Crescent City, FL, grandson Justin M. Thompson, granddaughters Shannon Thompson, Caitlan M. Thompson, great-grandson Declan, great granddaughters Harlow, Isla, Scarlett and Ella, and many caring nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. Joan may be gone but her spirit lives on in the untold number of lives she touched, families, friends, students, parishioners, and the staff at Westminster Woods and Community Hospice. She was a kind, loving and gentle soul who loved to sing and loved the Lord. She is with him now. Services will be held at 12 noon on Friday, May 19, 2023 at St. Johns Family Funeral Home.Those unable to attend can view the service live streamed at https://iframe.dacast.com/live/2a7a09ae1c0559a83ef537e05e6a14a6/2aae7d5f-98fd-a9e6-32a7-b774547cf42c Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5 to 7 pm on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at St. Johns Family Funeral Home. St. Johns Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Joan Marie Hill

September 6, 1932 - May 13, 2023