Mary "Enie" Helena (Coutts) ROWAN
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Obituary
Born: Tuesday, July 17, 1917
Died: Saturday, March 4, 2017
Mary Helena “Enie” Rowan passed away on Saturday,
March 4, 2017 at Rose Villa in Rosetown, SK at the age of
99 years.
Service Summary
Memorial Service
1:00 PM Fri Mar 10, 2017
Shanidar Funeral Chapel
510 Young Street
Rosetown, Saskatchewan S0L 2V0
Mary was known to most people during her life as “Enie”,
she was born Mary Helena Coutts on July 17, 1917 at
Loreburn Saskatchewan to parents Samuel and Inez (nee
Calder) Coutts. She was the youngest of three sisters and
was born a twin, however her twin brother William Samuel
did not survive the birth. Her older sisters were Doris Van
Zandbergen, Greta Forster and Eileen Butler. Enie was
raised on a farm about eleven miles west of Loreburn. She
had many stories and recollections of helping with farm
chores, milking cows and travel with horses to town and
country dances. In cold weather, they heated stones and
placed them under fresh straw in the back of the sleigh to
help keep warm.
Her parents decided to buy a house in Saskatoon to make it
easier for the kids to go to school and purchased their home
at 1705 Lorne Avenue. She attended Thornton Elementary
School and later Buena Vista School, both situated on Lorne
Avenue. Following her schooling, Enie lived with her sister
Greta and brother-in-law Mike Forster at Allen,
Saskatchewan where she worked at the telephone office and
learned to operate the switch board.
Jack and Enie first met when she went to Plenty to work in
the telephone office in 1937. Their first meeting was at the
Robbie Burns night held here in the United Church basement
that year. They were married on May 24, 1938 at Loreburn
and enjoyed 68 years of marriage.
Jack worked in Vancouver on the night shift doing ferry boat
repair when they were first married. They came back to
Saskatchewan where Jack was buying grain for
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool at Veralum and Hawoods. In
1942 they returned to Plenty to take up farming and raise a
family. Iain Clair was born in 1944, Glen in 1945 and Calla
in 1956.
During these years, she was active in various community
organizations such as Women’s Institute, the Garvagh Circle
of the Plenty United Church and the local square dance
group. She acted as a CGIT leader and enjoyed taking part in
local theatre productions. Jack and Enie were regulars at all
the local dances.
Enie’s main focus was her home and family. She had a
reputation with her family as making the best raisin pies ever
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Mary "Enie" Helena (Coutts) ROWAN
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and always having a selection of dainties on hand when
company came to visit. She and Jack shared many interests
and including a love of dogs, dancing and travel. They spent
many winters with friends in Arizona and took trips with
others over the years.
In 1997, Jack and Enie moved to Rosetown where Enie
remained, living at McNab Place and Rose Villa following
Jack’s passing in 2006.
Enie is survived by her children Iain Clair Rowan, Glen
(Carol) Rowan and Calla Rowan, eight grandchildren and 16
great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents
Samuel and Inez Coutts, husband Jack Rowan, three sisters
Doris Van Zandbergen, Greta Forster and Eileen Butler, one
brother William Samuel Coutts and daughter-in-law Nolene
Rowan.
A Memorial Service was held on Friday, March 10, 2017 at
1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Shanidar Funeral Services with
Reverend Jo-Ann Hills officiating. Interment to follow in the
Plenty Cemetery. Donations in memory of Enie may be made
to the Rose Villa Activity Fund, P.O. Box 1153, Rosetown,
SK S0L 2V0.
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