WOJNAR Mildred Regan of East Sandwich, formerly of Wellesley and West Roxbury, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2025 at age 94. A native of Charlestown, Massachusetts, Mildred was born at the start of the Depression, the ninth of twelve children.
Devoted wife of the late Henry Wojnar; loving mother of Elizabeth Fernald and her late husband Stephen, Mark Wojnar, Marianne Rocco and her husband Joseph, and Carolyn Wojnar and her companion John Curley; and beloved grandmother of seven. She will especially be missed by her grandchildren James Henry Wojnar and Natalia Fernald. Mildred is also survived by her brother William Regan of Silver Spring, Maryland and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sisters Esther Flynn, Sister Mary Licinius (SSJ), Eleanor Woods, Lillian Mahoney, Rita Mawn, and Claire Wolfram as well as her brothers Jeremiah, John, James, and Joseph Regan.
After earning a a BA in Education from Boston Teacher’s College and a Master’s in Reading from Boston State College, Mildred taught in the Boston Public Schools for many years before leaving to raise her family. When she returned to teaching, she taught Title One Reading. Even after retiring, Mildred never lost her enthusiasm for children and education. She was always ready with a poem, a song, or a saying for every occasion.
Married to the love of her life Henry for sixty years, their devotion to each other was an inspiration to all who knew them. In their retirement, they enjoyed visiting immediate and extended family, traveling, and planting spectacular gardens filled with flowers which Mildred enjoyed until the end. Mildred’s cheerful nature, humor, kindness, and steadfast faith will be greatly missed.
The Wojnar family would like to thank Sandwich EMS Station 2 and Hospice Care at Cape Cod Hospital, especially Dr. Bourell and Nurse Lulu, for their compassion.
Visiting hours will be held at the P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home 2000 Centre St. West Roxbury on Tuesday, April 8th from 4-7pm. Funeral from the funeral home on Wednesday, April 9th at 10am, followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Theresa of Avila Church at 11am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury.