Obituary of Ida Lee Enzor Duke

Ida Lee Enzor Duke (Tiny) passed away peacefully on August 8, 2024, at 6:08am CDT, in Fort Worth, TX, at the age of 91.

 

Ida Lee’s hands were held by those who loved her as she peacefully passed from this earth.  Her heart was broken over the loss of her beloved husband, Vernon, as they were together for 69 years.  We are all at peace that they are together again.

 

Ida Lee Enzor was born on February 25, 1933, to Lillian Harris Enzor and Alva Enzor, at her family’s farmhouse in Fair Bluff, NC.  She graduated from Fair Bluff high school in 1951 and was recruited to attend a vocational business school in Charlotte, NC, because of her excellent math skills.  Ida roomed with 3 other women in a boarding house while going to school.  They became lifelong friends who had a reunion every two years.  It was during this same time that Ida met Vernon.  After she graduated, Ida began working for an insurance company doing bookkeeping and other office tasks. Vernon was soon sent to Officer Training School to fulfill an ROTC obligation, and then he began Flight Training in Enid, OK.   Ida joined Vernon in Enid where they were married on March 31, 1956. Their first child, Elizabeth Anne, was born in 1957.  Their second child, Janet Lillian, was born in 1962 after their Air Force days were over.   In 1966 the family relocated to Albuquerque, NM, where they lived for 29 years, and then Ida and Vernon lived in various places to be near their children and grandchildren.  Ida had a full life doing what she loved, which included being a wife and mom to her family, volunteering with the Girl Scouts as a troop leader, volunteering at her church and children’s schools in many capacities, playing master’s level bridge with her group of best friends at various clubs, and sewing.  She was a talented seamstress.  She learned as a child to sew, and she made beautiful clothing for her family during their school years.   Ida’s greatest gift was her memory.  She was called “the family’s historian” because of her amazing ability to remember events in detail decades after they happened.  If you wanted to know what you wore and who you ate with on August 8, 1974, Ida was your source of information!  She was also a giving person and would be the first to help.  Her greatest joy was spoiling her grandchildren.  Ida’s daughters would tease her about not being the same woman they grew up with but loved that she adored their children. 

 

Everyone benefited from Ida being a wonderful southern cook.  She branched out into other types of food by taking cooking classes to make Mexican sopapillas, noodles for Italian food, Greek stuffed grape leaves, and German food.  Her family’s favorite was her southern fried chicken and homemade pies.  Her crusts were legendary for their flakiness!  Ida’s cooking abilities led to a family trait that continues through the generations: Road trips were timed carefully so that we arrived at our favorite restaurants at mealtime. We are Dukes and we travel on our stomachs! 

 

Ida Lee is proceeded in death by her husband, Vernon; her parents; two sisters and their husbands, Ada Miles (Washington), Ella Mae Nance (James); and three brothers and their wives, James (Lillian), Floyd (Juanita), and George (Ruth).

She is survived by her children and their spouses, Elizabeth (John) and Janet (Mike); her grandchildren John A. Trevithick (Krysten), Ashley L. Cabiness Davis (Matt), Sean D. Trevithick (Michaela), and Nicholas R. Cabiness; her two step granddaughters Angela Trevithick and Beth Trevithick Salaz (Eli); her great grandchildren Ryan G. Trevithick, Everett C. Davis, Emilia L. Trevithick, Mackenzie L. Davis, and Abigail A. Trevithick; and step great grandchildren Cisco Trevithick, Alyssa Trevithick, Cassie Trevithick, Alice Salaz, Roman Salaz, and Jayden Trevithick; brother Earl Enzor and his wife Beth; and many beloved nieces and nephews.  She is greatly missed and loved by all.