Doreen JENNER

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JENNER: Doreen Amelia Jenner passed away peacefully December 15th, 2017 at the Minnedosa Personal Care Home at the age of 97 years. She was born September 19th, 1920 in Brandon, MB daughter of Linton and Amelia Smythe of Elton Municipality. She received her education at Gorley School. She met and married Lesley Jenner of the Moore Park district February of 1942 where they took up residence on the Jenner Family Farm. Doreen was raised with traditional values and learned the skills of a woman of her era. She entered the work force as a housekeeper in the area and then at the Brandon YMCA, in the kitchen where she acquired her love of baking. She always had your personal favourite desert on hand if she knew you were coming for a visit. They raised 4 children Marlene, Linda, Ken and Diane on the family farm. Doreen actively participated in the day to day operation of the farm alongside Dad. She always grew a large garden and canned and froze produce to feed her family. When the family grew and left home her love of gardening changed from providing for the family to the beauty of flowers. She loved to share these plants and they live on in the gardens of family and friends. Doreen believed in leaving the world a better place than she found it and was an avid volunteer, starting when the kids were young as a founding member of the local 4H sewing club. She was involved with the local Women’s Institute (WI) acting in several executive rolls, attending provincial conferences. She was involved in the Moore Park Community Club where she was instrumental in the creation of the Moore Park School Memorial Carin and upgrading of the Cemetery. Doreen compiled and recorded local and family history. Later in life her volunteerism grew to include The Horticultural Society, and as a Director of the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame. Doreen loved to work with her hands, she spent endless hours sewing, knitting and crocheting. She started quilting and she created beautiful works of art for each of her children and grandchildren. The children proudly display her seasonally themed sewing projects. Doreen decided she wanted to learn to paint so she took a class and has left the family with many landscape paintings. Mom and Dad took many trips with her family, travelling to BC, Alaska and Yellowstone. Doreen travelled to England with family and found great joy in driving to Helsean-way, the place where her mother’s house had been. She took many bus tours and then jumping on the train to visit her family in Saskatchewan. At 85 she took her first helicopter ride. She was a sports fan watching the Blue Jays and listening to the Wheat King games. Doreen was predeceased by her parents, Linton and Amelia Smythe, her husband, Lesley Jenner, her daughter Marlene Leonard, her great grandson Maxwell Leslie, her brothers, Sam and Wenty Smythe, brothers-in-law Robert Kilfoyle and William Lacey. Doreen is survived by: daughter Linda (Allan) Leslie and children Amber (Aaron) Fornwald, Joel (Kate) Leslie, Steven (Cindy) Leslie and Vic (Shawna) Friesen, son Ken (Karen) Jenner and children, Robyn (Jeff) Koffman and Justin Jenner, daughter Diane (Rob) Pankhurst and children Jennifer (Darcy) Beeler and Zachary Pankhurst, grandchildren Rick Leonard and Loriann (Dan) Chicoine, son-in-law Jack (Winnifred) Leonard, great grandchildren Matty, Ella and Anthony Forwald, Taylor and Brooklyn Friesen, Nolan Koffman, Kinley and Kade Beeler, sisters, Joan Kilfoyle and Betty Lacey and numerous nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank the staff of the Minnedosa Personal Care Home for their excellent care of Mom while she was there. Funeral services were held at the Minnedosa Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 19, 2017. Interment in the Minnedosa Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Minnedosa Personal Care Home or the Dr. Khandelwal Primary Care Centre. Minnedosa Funeral Service in care of arrangements.www.minnedosafs.ca

As published in Brandon Sun on Dec 23, 2017