ENOS, John A. and Patsy (Bridget Patricia) - Willows, CA - "Separated in life, joined in death" - 2/20/09
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ENOS, John A. and Patsy (Bridget Patricia) - Willows, CA - "Separated in life, joined in death" - 2/20/09
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Posted: 23 Feb 2009 2:08AM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: McLaughlin, Enos, Etchepare, McFadden, Lambert, Ward
It seems the loss of his wife was too much to bear for retired farmer John Enos, who died Tuesday at age 73.
His wife of 50 years, 71-year-old Patsy Enos, died Jan. 20 after a long battle with cancer. Being apart from her likely contributed to his passing, family members and friends suggested.
“When she died, it seemed a part of him died,” said daughter Shiela Etchepare. A friend told her they were like birds that mate for life and can’t exist without each other.
Etchepare said her father was a strong man, but her mother’s struggles during the last stages of cancer “physically and emotionally drained him” during the last months of her life. “He lived it, and I think it wore him down,” she said.
The couple met in high school and seemed inseparable from the start, she said, never being away for long.
They enjoyed farming near Artois, raising dairy cattle, sheep and other livestock on 1,300 acres while their children grew up, Etchepare said, and a love for the land never left them. Her dad worked long hours to provide the family a nice home, earning praise from her mother.
“She would always elevate him to us,” Etchepare said.
The Enoses blended two cultures with their marriage. He came from a serious Portuguese family in Willows while Patsy Enos was Irish and lively, Etchepare said. The family priest advised against the marriage, thinking it would never last, so a visiting priest presided over the union that would end up lasting five decades.
John Enos was strong and dependable, Etchepare said, which also earned him a lot of friends outside the family.
“He was a guy’s guy,” Etchepare said. “He nurtured his friendships, and the bloom was obvious.”
Forty pallbearers are expected at his funeral Monday, she said, including men young and old. A funeral Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Willows with a rosary to be recited Sunday.
Family friend Jim Lambert said Enos was “an outstanding man, father and grandfather. He was quiet and demure with a dry sense of humor, but when he spoke, people would listen. It is a huge loss for the community and family.”
Buck Ward knew Enos for 30 years and said he was his closest friend.
“He was a unique individual,” Ward said. “He was pretty much a success with anything he did – business or farming – and he made friends easily.”
A sports fan, Enos watched every sport he could except golf, which he found boring, Etchepare said. He also had an affinity for soap operas like “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
“Everyone knew not to call between 12:30 and 1 p.m. because you might not get his full attention,” she said.
While Etchepare and her family are grieving, she said they take solace in the friends their parents left behind who turned out for them in their time of need.
Enos is survived by Etchepare and her husband, Allen, of Colusa; son and daughter-in-law Mark and Debra Enos of Artois; daughter and son-in-law Veronica and Tim McFadden of Corning; and five grandsons. Funeral arrangements by F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary, Willows.
Source: Orland Press Register, Friday, February 20, 2009
By Rick Longley/Staff Writer
His wife of 50 years, 71-year-old Patsy Enos, died Jan. 20 after a long battle with cancer. Being apart from her likely contributed to his passing, family members and friends suggested.
“When she died, it seemed a part of him died,” said daughter Shiela Etchepare. A friend told her they were like birds that mate for life and can’t exist without each other.
Etchepare said her father was a strong man, but her mother’s struggles during the last stages of cancer “physically and emotionally drained him” during the last months of her life. “He lived it, and I think it wore him down,” she said.
The couple met in high school and seemed inseparable from the start, she said, never being away for long.
They enjoyed farming near Artois, raising dairy cattle, sheep and other livestock on 1,300 acres while their children grew up, Etchepare said, and a love for the land never left them. Her dad worked long hours to provide the family a nice home, earning praise from her mother.
“She would always elevate him to us,” Etchepare said.
The Enoses blended two cultures with their marriage. He came from a serious Portuguese family in Willows while Patsy Enos was Irish and lively, Etchepare said. The family priest advised against the marriage, thinking it would never last, so a visiting priest presided over the union that would end up lasting five decades.
John Enos was strong and dependable, Etchepare said, which also earned him a lot of friends outside the family.
“He was a guy’s guy,” Etchepare said. “He nurtured his friendships, and the bloom was obvious.”
Forty pallbearers are expected at his funeral Monday, she said, including men young and old. A funeral Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Willows with a rosary to be recited Sunday.
Family friend Jim Lambert said Enos was “an outstanding man, father and grandfather. He was quiet and demure with a dry sense of humor, but when he spoke, people would listen. It is a huge loss for the community and family.”
Buck Ward knew Enos for 30 years and said he was his closest friend.
“He was a unique individual,” Ward said. “He was pretty much a success with anything he did – business or farming – and he made friends easily.”
A sports fan, Enos watched every sport he could except golf, which he found boring, Etchepare said. He also had an affinity for soap operas like “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
“Everyone knew not to call between 12:30 and 1 p.m. because you might not get his full attention,” she said.
While Etchepare and her family are grieving, she said they take solace in the friends their parents left behind who turned out for them in their time of need.
Enos is survived by Etchepare and her husband, Allen, of Colusa; son and daughter-in-law Mark and Debra Enos of Artois; daughter and son-in-law Veronica and Tim McFadden of Corning; and five grandsons. Funeral arrangements by F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary, Willows.
Source: Orland Press Register, Friday, February 20, 2009
By Rick Longley/Staff Writer