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Jack Michael Woynowski
Jack Woynowski passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2023 of complications related to his life-long dedication to underwater work and fun. An avid diver up to the age of 75, Jack was actively involved in his community as a member of the New Orleans Yacht Club, a lector at St. Dominic Catholic Church, a voting commissioner, a co-captain for Krewe Du Vieux, and a volunteer diver at the New Orleans Aquarium.
He is survived by his former wife, Marynelle, his two sons, Kent (Leslie) and Grant (Bradley), grandsons Julian and Gabriel, brother Joseph, sisters Ruth Nastepniak and Rita Koller, sons-in-heart Beau Boudreaux and Nathan Boudreaux (Marti), daughter-in-heart Alexis Kesner (Chase), nephew-in-heart Edward Boudreaux, and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents Julian, Cecilia Ohl, stepmother Harriet, sister Lydia Walters, and brother Bill.
He was extremely proud of his US Marine Corps service, enlisting at the age of 18 and achieving the rank of Corporal. He was selected as an officer, served in Vietnam, and was separated as a Captain of Marines. He had recently attended the 50th year reunion of his US Marine Corp Basic School Class of 4-69.
Jack was born in Kassel, Germany in March of 1948 to Cecilia Ohl and Julian Woynowski. After the death of his mother in January of 1949, he and his family left Germany, arriving through the port of New Orleans. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, attended Beaubien Grammar School, St. Cornelius Catholic School, and was a track star at Gordon Technical High School. He attended DePaul University, enlisted in the Marines, and served in Vietnam. After being honorably discharged, he returned to college for Ocean Engineering, and returned to New Orleans in 1975. He worked as an offshore commercial diver for Taylor Diving and Subsea International, diving in the North Sea, Persian Gulf, North Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico. He then worked as a contractor for Louisiana Power & Light in 1982 and retired in 2008 from Entergy after 26 years as a Waterford 3 Nuclear Power Station Project Manager. He continued work as a project engineer for Entergy, a safety manager for Boh Bros., and as project manager for the Port of New Orleans at the Poland Street Wharf, the same location where his family first arrived in the United States.
He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
Funeral services will be held at St. Dominic’s Church on November 21 with visitation starting at 10am and funeral mass at 11am, followed by a memorial at the New Orleans Yacht Club. In lieu of flowers, please direct donations to the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana at www.crcl.org .
