Janine Alisa Hansen Obituary (1960 - 2013)

Damariscotta - Janine A. Hansen age 52 of Church Street died Sunday, February 17th at Maine Medical Center in Portland, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in West Orange, New Jersey, October 10, 1960, the daughter of Johan and Marilyn Voorhees Hansen. She attended schools in Florida, New Jersey, and Maine, and was a 1978 graduate of Brunswick High School. She attended The University of Maine with a focus in fine and performing arts. As a young girl, Janine played the piano and had a passion for the Boston Red Sox, especially Carlton Fisk. She played on several softball teams, and softball was also a family wide sport. She also was a competitive swimmer in breast stroke. Janine enjoyed being a homemaker, as well as being as an antique dealer, co-owning a shop, East Overshoe Antiques, in Bath. She was a gifted photographer and cared for individuals with developmental disabilities. Janine enjoyed being a mom and a wife, cooking for her family, painting, collecting antiques, and making handcrafted beeswax candles, in which she had a national clientele. She especially enjoyed performing in the Bell Choirs of First Parish Church, Brunswick, and Second Congregational Church, Newcastle. She spent many fun filled summers with family and friends at her summer house on Fish Beach at Monhegan Island. Towards the end of her life, she spent many hours online educating people about multiple chemical sensitivities, (MCS), while struggling with the disease herself. Surviving is a daughter Hannah Voorhees Corscaden and son James Albert Corscaden IV of Damariscotta. Former husband and good friend James Albert Corscaden III. Her father Johan Hansen, of Brunswick. Two sisters and a brother in law, Rachel Hansen of Pemaquid, Jennifer Hansen Vyhnak and her husband Jim Vyhnak of Bristol, Vermont. An Aunt and Uncle, Susan and Bob Montgomerie of Dundee, NY. Two cousins, Brian and Steven Tussell, and their families in NJ. A celebration of her life will be held this Sunday, the 24th of February at Stetson's Funeral Home, 12 Federal St Brunswick, ME 04011 from 1-4 PM with special words of remembrance beginning at 3PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Chemical Sensitivity Foundation, P.O. Box 283, Topsham, ME, 04086, http://chemicalsensitivityfoundation.org Memorial condolences may be expressed and a video tribute viewed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com