Janet Abrams
1953-04-28 2008-12-11Janet Abrams Karoscik a graduate of Staples High School, died at Norwalk Hospital on Dec. 11, 2008, of esophageal cancer.
Karoscik graduated from Staples High School in 1971 and Smith College in 1975. After graduation from college, she served in the Peace Corps in Equador and Paraguay.
Karoscik worked at several jobs in education and home care after returning to Fairfield County, until she and Eugene Karoscik were married, after which time she was a home-maker.
She is survived by her husband, of Norwalk; her mother, Dorothy Abrams, of Westport; her brother and sister-in-law, David and Cantor Audrey Abrams, and their children Rachel and Sally, of Minnesota. Karoscik was predeceased by her sister, Judith Abrams, and her father, Arthur Abrams.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Magner Funeral Home in Norwalk.
In Loving Memory of Janet Karoscik April 28, 1953 - Dec 11, 2008 God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Magner Funeral Home
tribute by David AbramsJanet attended Burr Farms Elementary (the best one in Westport by far) and I had a mad crush on her. For those few of us who went through the K-12 Westport system (Dan Woog, Steve McCoy and a few others from Burr Farms) we were lucky to get to know one another so well. Janet was a wonderful person. Smart, kind, everything you hope a person can be. At our graduation square dance party from Burr Farms I got to dance with Janet and we wrote often that summer when I went off to Vermont. Unfortunately some from Burr Farms went to Collytown while the rest of us went to the much better junior high, Long Lots! Janet was at Collytown and we spoke on the phone often in 7th grade. We drifted apart after that, and I am sure those of you lucky enough to be in school with her realized what a special person she was. Gone too soon, way too soon. Janet was the whole package. Rest in peace you wonderful soul.
tribute by Tony Akey