Susan Marie Wojack

1956 - 2021

Susan Marie Wojack was born in the Territory of Alaska in October 1956. The third of six children in an Air Force family, Susan lived in California, Mississippi (entirely too hot in her opinion), North Dakota, and Spokane before finally settling down in beautiful, cool Lynnwood, Washington.

As a child Susan was cute, sweet, and also spunky. She loved to read by flashlight long into the night (never realizing that her flashlight batteries were regularly refreshed by her father). In high school, Susan reached her top height of five feet tall. Petite, beautiful, and with an eye for fashion, she dated quite a few guys and even ended up with several proposals. Although none of her boyfriends worked out, her sister Karen was eternally grateful to Sue for setting her up with her future husband, Don…even though Susan had to sit on Don and tickle him until he called Karen!

After high school Susan enrolled in Barber College (perhaps as a rebellion against the terrible haircuts she received at home as a child) and became a licensed barber. After working in several different barber shops, she opened her own business in the mid-1980's in Bellevue, WA: Hair's to You. Through the years as a barber, she honed her skills as a listener and observer of humanity as countless people passed through her antique barber's chair for a perm and some life advice. Among her many repeat customers were her seven nieces and nephews. Susan gave them all their first haircuts and they loved to come to her shop for a trim and some red licorice, paying for their haircut with a kiss.

In 1996 after 20 years on her feet cutting hair all day, Susan took a big risk and switched careers for an office job, eventually ending up at Boeing working in the same department her mother had and for the same manager. A naturally hard worker, Susan applied her tenacity and attention to detail to her job as a supply chain analyst at Boeing. She was so grateful for her job with benefits, she worked tirelessly solving inventory ledger puzzles and hunting down airplane parts needed for production.

Susan was the most faithful friend, daughter, sister, and aunt. She loved nothing better than to sit at the kitchen table with a bowl of soup (which she made by the vat) and beat everyone at her favorite card game—Canasta—or to snuggle down with some popcorn and Dr. Pepper to watch a movie. Unfailingly generous, she often surprised her loved ones with thoughtful gifts or meals and she delighted in spoiling her nieces and nephews right up until the end. She had a beautiful voice and loved to sing…just not in public! She had a lively laugh and wicked sense of humor. Wherever she went—the 5th Avenue Theater, the casino, family BBQ's, or just at home in her beautiful yellow house with her two kitties—she'd keep even the most serious of people laughing.

Susan was sassy, spunky, honest, hard-working, and passionate. She had the kindest of hearts and would spend hours talking through lives, loves, and struggles with anyone. She used to tell people that when you stand before God, He will either say, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" or He will pull the lever. Susan was so very loved and will be so very missed. Well done good and faithful servant!

Susan Wojack died unexpectedly at home on July 2021. She is survived by her mother, Josephine; her sisters Kathryn (Steve), Karen, and Nancy; her brother Michael (Traci); her nephews John, Matthew (Linnea), and Timothy; her nieces Stephanie, Melisa, Erin (Dustin), and Megan (Dan); and ten great-nieces and great-nephews. She is preceded in death by her father, Edward; her brother, Edward Allen; and her brother-in-law, Donald.

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October 12, 1956 - July 8, 2021