Regina S. Kilfoyle

Regina S. Kilfoyle, 58, of Hull, Massachusetts, died on February 29, 2016, at the Pat Roche Hospice Home in Hingham, Massachusetts.  She had a degenerative neurological illness.  

Regina was born in 1957, the seventh of eight children of Dr. Richard M. and Eleanor M. Kilfoyle, of Weymouth, Massachusetts. While growing up, she lived in several towns on the South Shore of Boston, graduating as Class President of the junior and senior class of 1975 from Marshfield High School.  She enrolled in Boston College School of Nursing but, quickly realizing that nursing was not her calling, she transferred to the College of Liberal Arts and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Phi Beta Kappa as a History major with the Class of 1980.  

Regina worked for many years as the de facto Director of Communications for the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, but in her thirties she decided that she needed an advanced degree.  She was admitted to the London Business School’s Sloan Fellowship Masters Programme, earning an MSc in 1995. She was employed by ICI (Imperial Chemicals Industries) in London after graduation, rising to the position of Director of Corporate Communication.  In the course of her career, for business as well as vacation travel, Regina spent time in Chile, India, Spain, South Africa, Tanzania, and many other points on the globe.  She lived and worked in London for many years.  Regina enjoyed warm friendships with many of her Marshfield High, B.C., and Sloan classmates as well as her work colleagues.

Regina pursued multiple interests during her lifetime. She enjoyed international travel, photography, sewing, swimming and running.  She had a keen interest in the American Civil War, and she toured many battlefields in the South during her US vacations.  She was a devoted aunt and godmother, and she made a point to attend as many First Communions, Confirmations and graduations as possible. 

Regina was predeceased by her parents.  She is survived by her seven siblings and by twelve nieces and nephews, of whom several were her godchildren, two grand-nieces, a grand-nephew, and numerous cousins.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visiting hours on Friday, March 11th from 4-8 PM in the Pyne Keohane Funeral Home, 21 Emerald St. (off Central St.), HINGHAM. A Celebration of Life Service will be held in the funeral home at 9 AM on Saturday prior to the Funeral Mass in St. Mary’s Parish in St. Ann’s Church, Hull at 10 AM. Burial in Hull Village Cemetery, Hull. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rosie’s Place 889 Harrison Ave, Boston MA 02118 or the Norwell VNA and Hospice, 120 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA 02061 or those in Great Britain who wish to make a memorial donation may contact the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation UK at pmsf.org.uk.