Mildred "Millie" F. (Higgins) Boland

Brimfield...Mildred F. (Higgins) Boland, 72, died Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus, after a long illness. She is survived by her husband of 49 years John J. Boland. They were married July 14, 1968. She is also survived by her son John J. Boland, Jr. and his wife Elvera, 2 brothers Robert Higgins and his wife Margie of Hingham, John Higgins and his partner Chey of Auburn, and a sister Barbara and her husband John Garofalo of Middleborough. She was predeceased by an infant daughter Patricia Boland and a sister-in-law Denise Higgins, wife of John Higgins.

Millie was born in Quincy, daughter of the late Robert V. and Phyllis (Lux) Higgins. She graduated from high school in Quincy, and Mansfield Beauty Academy. She formerly worked as a beautician, she was a secretary at the John F. Kennedy Library, and a clerk for the Hingham Sewer Dept. She enjoyed reading, candlestick bowling, and spending time with family and friends.

Calling hours will be Saturday, December 23, 2017, from 10AM to 11:15AM, at Notre Dame Church, 446 Main Street, Southbridge, MA 01550, with the funeral Mass to follow at 11:30AM. Burial services will be private.

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