Mildred “Millie” Opar

Mildred "Millie" Opar, age 92, of Wayne, passed peacefully at home with the comfort of her daughter by her side, on Saturday, July 13, 2019.

Millie was born to John and Katherine Hudak in Youngstown, Ohio.  She was a 1945 graduate of the Woodrow Wilson High School in Youngstown.

She worked at the Peoples Bank of Youngstown and met a cute boy named John Opar while at a dance.  They soon fell in love and married on May 6, 1950 at Saint Matthias Church in Youngstown, OH and honeymooned in New York City.  John's work would have them move to Chicago, IL and Pittsburgh, PA, before they settled in Wayne, NJ in 1968. After Millie left the People’s Bank she dedicated herself to raising her family before opening Opar Office Supplies, which she ran with John from 1977 through 1992.  They had a forty-three year loving and devoted marriage that had been blessed with three children before John's passing in 1993.

Millie will be lovingly remembered as a fun loving, caring, and outgoing person. She loved to shop for clothing, jewelry, and all manner of home decorations. For many years she and John loved both domestic and international traveling and even after John’s passing she continued to travel.  The couple also enjoyed entertaining at home.  Millie was always trying out new recipes for the dinners and parties she hosted; at the same time, she enjoyed cooking ethnic Slovakian foods and everyone was especially fond of her stuffed cabbage. She was also very dedicated to her Catholic faith having been a parishioner of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Immaculate Heart of Mary, and most recently Our Lady of the Valley Churches in Wayne. She was an active member of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women for several years.

Millie joined Spa23 in Pompton Plains when it opened in 1980 and attributed her general good health and longevity to working out there.  In recent years, she was a regular at the water aerobics class.  Millie also belonged for a number of years to Golden Age Circle of Wayne.

Millie was the loving wife of the late John Opar (d.1993); devoted mother of Mary Opar and her fiancé Robert Leggo of Nuremberg, PA, the late John Opar (d. 2014), and the late Andrea Opar that Millie lost at just 3 days old. She was also predeceased by her six siblings.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Our Lady of the Valley Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.