Janet Washek

Sawyer, ND, died Friday,

October 12, 2018 at her

home surrounded by her

loving family.

Janet was born May 6,

1943 in Vancouver, Wash-

ington the daughter of Leo

and Hazel (Morey) Flam-

mang. She moved to

North Dakota with her

family at an early age. She

was raised and educated

in Minot, where she at-

tended grade school at St.

Leo’s, graduated from

Bishop Ryan High School

and furthered her educa-

tion at Minot State Col-

lege with a major in edu-

cation and a minor in

music. She was active

with Sigma, Sigma, Sigma

Sorority there. She re-

ceived her Masters in

Education from Mayville

State University.

Janet was united in

marriage to Joslyn “Mike”

Washek on June 8, 1963 at

Little Flower Catholic

Church in Minot. She was

dedicated to teaching stu-

dents for over 39 years

with Minot Public

Schools. She came out of

retirement to continue her

involvement in education

for 10 additional years at

Bishop Ryan Catholic

School. She received the

Presidential Award for Ex-

cellence in Science and

Mathematics Teaching in

1992. Her biggest legacy

was to the many students

whose lives she touched

because of her dedication

and passion for learning

and her belief in educa-

tion.

Janet was a board

member for the Minot

Area School Credit Union,

the North Dakota Council

of Teachers of Mathemat-

ics and assisted with writ-

ing the ND Standards for

Mathematics. She was a

member of the Shiny Ass

Bridge Club for 25 years,

enjoyed playing Canasta,

and painted in oils with

her good friend Bev. In

addition, she attempted to

golf all of the courses in

North Dakota with her

two close friends, Glee

and Bonnie. They played

82 of the 106 courses.

Janet was a member of St.

Cecilia’s Catholic Church

and Catholic Daughters.

Her loving family in-

cludes: her husband of 55

years, Mike Washek, of

Sawyer; children, Mary

Hemphill, Sawyer, ND,

Donna Newman (Francis

Butler), Fargo, ND, Sandra

Washek, Bismarck, ND,

Liz (Kevin) Hansen,

Ryder, ND; grandchildren,

Katharyn, Dana, Vernon,

Wyatt, Nathan, Hadlie,

Lexie and Morgan; 10

great-grandchildren;

brothers, Bob Flammang

of Bloomington, MN, Ken

(Dorothy) Flammang of

Gainesville, GA, Ray (Cin-

dy) Flammang of Sawyer,

ND; sisters, Mary (Mike)

Littler of Minot, Kathryn

Bush of Issaquah, WA;

sisters-in-law, Linda

Washek Adams, Judy (Jer-

ry) Koland;

brother-in-law, Joel

(Carol) Washek; special

cousin: Jim (Gloria) John-

son; many nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Janet was preceded in

death by: her parents;

son-in-law, Michael Hem-

phill; grandson, Travis

Robinson (Michael Paul),

and sisters-in-law, Jan

Flammang, Gwen Pierson,

brothers-in-law, Gary

Washek, Jerry Bush along

with Mike’s parents, Fred

& Thelma Washek.

Mass of Christian Buri-

al: Thursday, October 18,

2018 at 10:30 a.m. in St.

Cecilia Catholic Church,

Velva.

Vigil Prayer Service:

Wednesday, October 17,

2018 at 7:00 p.m. in St.

Cecilia Catholic Church,

Velva.

Visitation: Wednesday,

October 17, 2018 from

1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in Tho-

mas Family Funeral

Home, Minot, and from

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at St

Cecilia’s Church in Velva.

Interment: Holy Cross

Catholic Cemetery, Velva.

In lieu of plants and

flowers, memorials are

preferred to the Bishop

Ryan Catholic School

Teacher’s Endowment

Fund or to St. Jude

Children’s Hospital.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to use the expres-

sions of sympathy section

at (www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com).