Enns, Frieda Rempel (1918-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Sep 6 p. 13

Birth date: 1918 May 7

FRIEDA REMPEL ENNS

Frieda Rempel Enns, 92, of Goessel, Kan., died July 7, 2010. She was born May 7, 1918, to Peter J. and Helena Schmidt Rempel near Inola, Okla.

She was baptized on May 20, 1934, at Eden Mennonite Church, Inola, Okla. She would later transfer her membership to Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church in Goessel.

At the age of 19, after the death of her father, she moved to Goessel with her mother and three siblings. Her employment included the Owl Café in Goessel. She later worked at Bethesda Hospital in the laundry and later as a housekeeper.

She married Elmer Enns on June 14, 1942, at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel.

Spiritual life was an important and vital part of her life as she had daily devotions and prayer. She sang in the church choir, taught the 2-year-olds Sunday school class and the primary class on Wednesdays. She was a member of the Alexanderwohl mission society. She baked pies and zwieback for church functions, including the MCC sale.

Community involvement included the Goessel Book Club, Town and Country Garden Club and Goessel Women’s Christian Association. She helped with the annual blood bank drive, child care for the mothers group, and with Threshing Days. She volunteered at the Heritage Museum and Bethesda Home.

She enjoyed work in her flower and vegetable garden, raised chickens, attended to her fish pond, and shared her flowers and plants with others. In 1987 her husband, Elmer, was diagnosed with ALS and she became his main caregiver. He died in 1988. In 1995 she moved to a duplex on the Bethesda Campus.

Survivors include three children, Elmer Enns Jr. and his wife, Peg, of Texarkana, Texas, Barbara Voth and her husband, James, of Henderson, Neb., and Lewis Enns of Wichita; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her siblings, Jacob, Ella, Herb, Paul, Helen and Anna.