Re: Sad news - Jim Ennenga
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: Sad news - Jim Ennenga
  • From: C*@aol.com
  • Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 21:59:42 -0400 (EDT)
My condolences to his family.  Per his obit, he certainly did live  life to 
the fullest.  God rest his soul and provide his family with  comfort.
 
 
 
Connie  Eggen
Zone 5 Near Omaha Nebraska

 

 
In a message dated 8/4/2013 6:01:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
lmann@lock-net.com writes:

Yes, he  seemed to have 9 lives.  He will definitely be missed.

On 8/4/2013  5:29 PM, IrisladyLJobe@aol.com wrote:
> Jim was not one to just give  up

Here is the obituary:

Ennenga, James Lewis
Age  90

James Lewis Ennenga, P.E., of Knoxville, TN, formerly of Omaha, NE,  died 
peacefully at home on August 2, 2013, with his family at his side.  Born 
on April 4, 1923 in Lennox, SD, to Henry and Nettie (Loomer) Ennenga,  he 
grew up in Rapid City, SD. Mr. Ennenga graduated from the South Dakota  
School of Mines in Civil Engineering, and received his Master's Degree  
from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He served in the U.S. Navy from  
1944 to 1946, and was part of the liberation of the Philippine Islands.  
He was married with love to Mary Ruth Sherrell on June 20, 1948 in Gary,  
IN, and Jim and Ruth raised their 5 daughters in Omaha. Mr. Ennenga had  
a long career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, and  
after retiring in 1978, taught Construction Management at the University  
of Nebraska-Lincoln, retiring as an Associate Professor, Emeritus in  
1988. After his retirement, Mr. and Mrs. Ennenga moved to Knoxville, TN,  
where they were members of Bethel United Methodist Church, where he  
served as lay leader. Mr. Ennenga enjoyed traveling back to cheer the  
Nebraska Corn-huskers football team and the UNO hockey teams. Jim  
Ennenga was one of those rare individuals who pack more interests and  
living into life than most of us. He was a Master Mason for 70 years,  
and a member of both Rapid City Lodge #20 and Powell, TN Lodge #582. He  
was a rock hound, lapidarian, and a master silver and gold smith, who  
enjoyed presenting his wife and daughters with stunning and original  
pieces of jewelry. An Eagle Scout, Mr. Ennenga supported Scouting all  
his life, and guided many young men to become Eagle Scouts. He was an  
avid gardener, and enjoyed growing and hybridizing irises, including  
"Ruthie Girl", named for his wife; "Heather Ann", "Erin Anne", "Nettie  
Leonetti", and his most recent introduction, "Oxmoor Hills", a dark  
purple iris that blooms 3 to 4 times each year. Ennenga was an Iris  
Judge and member of the Omaha and Eastern Tennessee Iris Societies. He  
also was an accomplished vintner, and his family and friends enjoyed his  
wines and his extraordinary champagnes. One of his favorite hobbies,  
indeed avocations, was collecting apple parers and he was well known as  
"Apple Jim" to his Apple Parer Enthusiasts (APES) buddies. He enjoyed  
hunting, fly fishing, tying flies, and camping in the Black Hills of  
South Dakota his entire life. He was a Charter member of the Eastern  
Nebraska Gun Club, and a lifetime member of the National Rifle  
Association, and also a fine gunsmith who was particularly good at gun  
checkering. He kept bees for more than 30 years in Omaha, and no other  
honey could match the taste of the fine clover honeys his bees produced  
over the years. He also was a ham radio operator (call sign K0GOC) and  
welder. In his later years, he developed an expertise in fountain pen  
repair, and especially enjoyed the fine Estebrook fountain pens.  
Surviving him are his wife, Ruth, with whom he recently celebrated 65  
years of marriage; daughters, Mary (Larry) Richling of Omaha, Wilma (aka  
Winnie) Ennenga of Flagstaff, AZ, Susan (Randy) Haskell of Columbus, NE,  
and Diana Jeanne Thraen of Knoxville, TN; grandchildren, Erin Richling,  
Sarah Haskell, Emily Thraen, Bradley Richling, and Paul Haskell; great  
grandsons, Connor and Callan Haskell; and many nieces and nephews,  
including, Todd (Dani) Ennenga, Kathy (Ted) Otto, Shirley (Frank) Mann,  
Loretta Tolliver, Billy (Amy) Sherrell, Jimmy (Kimberly) Sherrell, Kenny  
(Anne) Parker; and Joel (LaVerne)Parker and many more grand-nieces and  
nephews. Mr. Ennenga was preceded in death by his parents; brothers,  
Benjamin and Benard Arthur Ennenga; his daughter Nettie Leonetti; and  
granddaughter, Heather Richling.
VISITATION: The family will Receive  friends and relatives 5-7pm on 
Sunday, August 4, at Click Funeral Home on  Middlebrook Pike, with Sermon 
by Reverend Jack Sills from Bethel Methodist  Church, followed by a 
Masonic Service. INTERMENT: Family and friends will  gather for GRAVESIDE 
SERVICES on Thursday, August 8, at 1pm in the Lennox,  SD Cemetery. He 
will be buried with full Military Honors by the Navy Honor  Guard, and 
Interred in the family plot. In lieu of flowers, donations can  be made 
in memory of Jim to Bethel UMC, 5955 West Emory Road, Knoxville,  TN 
37931. CLICK FUNERAL HOME
MIDDLEBROOK CHAPEL
9020 Middlebrook  Pike
Knoxville, TN  37923
865-694-3500

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