Enke, Jean Ellen (Young) (1959 - 2023)

ENKE, YOUNG, KELSEY, POULOS, HOLZFASTER, BOYSEN, BAUER, NUSSER, PETERSON, BYSTROM, BRANDT

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/20/2023 at 17:49:37

Name of deceased: Jean Ellen Enke (nee Young)

Aged: 63 yrs, 9 mo, 23 days

Residence: Hancock, Pottawattamie County, IA

Born: Oct. 13, 1959; location not provided

Died: Aug. 5, 2023; location not provided

Funeral services: Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023; Minden Community Club, Minden, IA; burial was in Silver Valley Cemetery, Hancock, IA

Survived by: Husband of 44 years, Phil Enke of Hancock, IA; children, Darlene (spouse, Peter) Kelsey of Evanston, IL, Kaleen Enke (spouse, James Poulos) of Atlanta, GA, Jolene (spouse, Titus) Holzfaster of Shelby, IA, Shaleen (spouse, Jared) Boysen of Hancock, IA, Seth (spouse, Katie) Enke of Hancock, IA, and Angelene (spouse, Nathan) Bauer of Treynor, IA; grandchildren, Malcolm and Julian Kelsey, Charlotte, Winnie, and Roland Poulos, Laramie and Loa Holzfaster, Jethro, Judah, and Jase Boysen, Eleanor, Henry, and Oliver Enke, and Sebastian Bauer; parents, Darrell and Arleta (nee Nusser) Young of Hancock, IA; siblings, Deanna (spouse, Allen) Peterson of Omaha, NE, Marlene (spouse, Ron) Bystrom of Council Bluffs, IA, and Susan (spouse, Boyd) Brandt of Council Bluffs, IA; foster brother, Kevin Price of Aberdeen, SD; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: no information provided

Education: Attended and graduated from Shelby-Tennant Community School, Class of 1978. She then attended Grace University, Omaha, NE, for one semester

Religious affiliation: Active member at Harvest Alliance Church, Minden, IA, where she served in many capacities including teaching Sunday School and playing the piano

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Phil Enke; Aug. 18, 1978; Silver Creek Methodist Church, rural Hancock, Pottawattamie County, IA

Employment: Homemaker; farmer’s wife; she also worked as a paraprofessional at AHST (IA) Community Schools for several years; was a member of Junior Federated of Avoca, IA; loved making jewelry with her parents and spent more than 20 years working with their business, Y’s Design.

Hobbies/Interests: Loved to travel to new places and visiting family there, having been to 49 states;

Sources: pauleyjones.com