Pamela (Manikas) Washek Obituaries and Tributes

Wayland Town Crier 12/8/12: Pam Washek remembered for faith amid struggle with cancer. Pam Washek, the Wayland woman who founded the Neighbor Brigade to help those needing a hand, was remembered Friday for her faith amidst personal adversity. "If she was a hero and a role model, it was because of her relationship with Christ. Many considered her a living icon, and to be a living icon is to be a window into heaven. This was Pam’s life," Father Ephraim Peters, a close family friend, told mourners at St. Demetrios Church in Weston. Washek, 47, died Sunday after a 10-year battle with a rare form of cancer.

Wayland Patch 12/7/12: Family, Friends Reflect on Washek's Life of Contentment, Grace. Pam Washek first learned she had cancer in 2002. At the time, her oldest daughter was not yet a teenager and her two younger daughters had not yet cracked double digits. Even so, "She never said, 'Why me. Poor me,'" her husband, Kevin, said. "She always said, 'Why God? Why do you want my attention?'" Now, days after Washek lost her 10-year battle with synovial cell sarcoma, her husband can look back and say she got her answer.

Boston Globe 12/5/12: Pam Washek, 47, of Wayland; diagnosed with cancer, she founded the Neighbor Brigade. Neighbor Brigade, the organization Pam Washek founded, was the simplest of ideas, and it emerged from among the most trying of circumstances. “When I had cancer in 2002, a friend had it at the same time,” she told the Globe in January. “Our friends came together and helped us through meal chains, giving our kids rides, house cleaning, walking the dogs. We were very well taken care of. When I was done with treatment, this light bulb came on that said, ‘I don’t know what we would have done without this. Maybe we should keep it going for other people.’ ” She did, first launching the Wayland Angels Food Network with her friend Jean Seiden, with whom she rode bicycles to cancer treatment after they were diagnosed weeks apart. In 2010, a few years after Seiden died, Mrs. Washek turned the network into Neighbor Brigade, which is now at work in more in than two dozen communities with nearly 3,400 volunteers. As for those dinners friends once brought to her house, according to the group’s website, www.neighborbrigade.org, Neighbor Brigade is approaching 5,000 meals served.

Wayland Town Crier 12/5/12: Wayland says goodbye to an 'angel'. Friends and family are remembering Pam Washek for her kindness, readiness to help those who are struggling and courage while fighting a rare form of cancer. Washek, 47, founder of the Wayland Angels, now known as the Neighbor Brigade, died Sunday surrounded by her family. Her daughters Ainsley, 22, Kathryn, 20, and Jessica, 14, agreed their mother’s selflessness was her most outstanding characteristic.

Boston Globe 12/3/12: Pamela (Manikas) Washek Obituary. WASHEK, Pamela (Manikas) Died peacefully in the care and comfort of her family on Sunday, December 2, 2012 following a courageous battle with a lengthy illness. Pamela is survived by her husband, Kevin Washek and their three daughters, Ainsley, Kathryn and Jessica. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and have been entrusted to the care of the John C. Bryant Funeral Home of Cochituate Village, WAYLAND.

Wayland Patch 12/2/12: Neighbor Brigade Co-Founder Pam Washek Loses Battle with Cancer. A wife and mother and volunteering icon has died after a 10-year battle with cancer. Pam Washek, the co-founder of the Wayland Angel Food Network (now the Neighbor Brigade), passed away Dec. 2, according to an obituary published on Boston.com.

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