It was an honor to work with Janet and even more so to count her as a friend. Outstanding in both regards, she was ever magnanimous, sincere, compassionate, witty, astute, and genuine. Her tremendous contributions which extended from the practical to the inspirational were ever attained with gracious diligence, her positive influence permeating the entire English Department of staff and students at Sir Winston Churchill High School. Though the world Janet now inhabits will be immeasurably enriched by her presence while ours is sorely diminished, may these words soothe her family and all those dear to her during this great loss: “There is a sacredness in tears [which] are not the mark of weakness, but of power, [for] they speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues [of] overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love”(Washington Irving).
