Editing Enns, Murray Gerald (1942-2002)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2002 Jul 12 p. 27

Birth date: 1942 Apr 16

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MURRAY GERALD ENNS</h3></center>

Murray Gerald Enns of
Winkler, Man. passed
away suddenly May 20 .
He was born Apr. 16,
1942 to Ben and Lydia
Enns near Winkler. He ac-
cepted Christ as a child
and was baptized in August 1958, joining Krons-
gart MB Church. He later joined Winkler MB
Church. He attended Winkler Bible Institute for 2
years and earned a B.Se. in agriculture from the
University of Manitoba. He married Linda Liggett
of Winnipeg July 5, 1968. They adopted 2 chil-
dren. He worked for Kroeker Farms, but later re-
turned to the family farm. He loved farming, was
meticulous in planning and constantly studied
new methods. His preferred "restore and repair"
to "replace". He served in church as youth spon-
sor, secretary, moderator, music board member,
missions board member, Sunday school teacher,
pastoral search committee member and song
leader. He was chair of the Manitoba MB Confer-
ence Missions and Church Extension board. He
sang bass in the Perfect Peace Quartet for 19 years,
was a member of the Garden Valley school board
for 19 years, served on the pensions committee of
the Manitoba Association of School Trustees, did
tax returns for senior citizens, taught driver educa-
tion to high school students and served with the
Winkler Chamber of Commerce and Stanley Agri-
cultural Society. He enjoyed the outdoors, growing
things, music (particularly classical and gospel),
stamp collecting, and reading farm magazines,
National Geographic, Popular Science, his Bible and
inspirational material. He was diagnosed with dia-
betes in 1989. He was calm, steady and diplomat-
ic, never raised his voice or argued, carefully lis-
tened to others, cautiously thought t hin gs
through before making a decision and had a dry
sense of humour. He managed the finance s of ab-
se nt family members and had a special conc ern for
his aging paren ts. He is mourned by Linda; d augh-
ter Lis a Hafenbrak; son David; his parents; and 3
sist ers. Th e funeral was May 26 in Winkl er MB
Church, with Victor Neufeld and Ted Goos se n
ministering.

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