Janice Ann Doughty

Janice Ann (Dworak) Doughty, age 73, completed her life journey in her home in Redmond, Washington, Sunday, July 13, 2014; survived by her husband of 56 years Robert F. Doughty, four children: Barbara A. Maghirang, Patricia C. Doughty, Jeffry F.  Doughty (Valarie), and Timothy W. Doughty; eight grandchildren: Amanda and Alejandro Maghirang; Phillip Doughty-Hall and Katherine Doughty; Courtney Doughty and her adopted brother Michael (Bills) Doughty; and Colby and Jolena Doughty. She is predeceased by her parents Julian Walter Dworak and Dorothy Marie (Sterrath) Dworak of Englishtown, New Jersey, and her sister Linda Marie (Dworak) Brown of New Port Richey, Florida.

Janice was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey September 11, 1940, oldest daughter of Julian Walter Dworkowski and Dorothy Marie Sterrath. In 1945 the family shortened their surname to Dworak. Janice attended elementary school in Elizabeth, and High School in Woodbridge, New Jersey. As a teenager she worked in her father’s automobile service station, pumping gas, washing windshields, checking engine oil level and tire air pressure. After high school Janice was employed as a chorus line dancer by the Manhattan Rockettes, traveling throughout New England and the mid-west with that dance troupe. August 18, 1958 Janice married Coastguardsman Robert F. Doughty in Rahway, New Jersey and for the next 24 years they resided in various States from Alaska to Connecticut. Janice then became certified as a Professional Secretary, occupied more than 20 years as an administrator in the temporary staffing industry. She was a voracious reader, often reading two or three books a week.

Janice loved traveling and touring, visited all 50 States, canoed in all five Great Lakes and many unremarkable streams and rivers. She and her husband also ventured abroad, touring Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Scotland, England, France, the Philippine Islands, Hong Kong and Macau, China, and an Atlantic to Pacific cruise through the Panama Canal. She looked forward to the annual Doughty Family Gathering and croquet smash every summer. She and her husband especially enjoyed early American History and genealogy, searching for family ancestors in musty New England town hall basements and weedy ancient cemeteries. Janice made many friends across the nation attending Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution activities and events. She considered it a privilege to be a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and an active member of the Sons of the American Revolution Ladies Auxiliary.

In lieu of flowers, her favorite charity is AFIRE of Pasco County, Inc., PO Box 933, Elfers, Florida, 34680-0933, a school for developmentally challenged adults.  AFIRE of Pasco County is a school for developmentally challenged adults.  Janice’s Niece, Lori Brown, attends this school.  It was started many years ago (About 20-25 years) by Janice’s sister and brother-in-law when they learned once Lori became age 21, there was no organized activity for her, or others like her.  Today, the school provides learning basics and activities, and educational field trips for about 50 adult students.

Interment will be in Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, Washington.