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Pam Washek

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Medfield Angels Mourn Death of Neighbor Brigade Co-Founder Pam Washek

Washek lost her battle with cancer on Sunday, Dec. 2. Calling hours will be on Wednesday at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church of Weston, and a service will be held on Thursday at the same location.

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. Today, Wayland's chapter of Neighbor Brigade is just one of more than 30 in the state of Massachusetts. There is also a chapter operating in Nashua, N.H., as the only non-Massachusetts chapter at this time. The Medfield Neighbor Brigade chapter was founded in the fall of 2010 (the group started at the Medfield Angels earlier that year).  Medfield founders Laurie Nealon and Kathleen Cahill sent a message to the Medfield Angels on Monday to share the news. "Pam started the Wayland Angels in 2001 and …

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