Mary  Guyneth Kuenzi Enno died on July 2nd, 2014.  Mary was born in Milwaukee, WI to parents, Margaret and Guy Kuenzi, and moved to Tampa, FL when she was three years old.  She attended schools there, including the University of Tampa, leaving for Houston, TX after her marriage to Fred Enno.  After completing a degree in Speech Pathology, she worked as a Speech Therapist in several school districts in the area, combining work with raising her two sons.   After further training at the University of Houston, she became a Special Ed. Teacher, working with children with intellectual disabilities and later with emotionally disturbed high school students.    With her sons grown and at the time when most people would be slowing down, Mary went back to school at  SHSU, in Huntsville, TX, for a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology.   She then moved to Lufkin, Texas where she worked in private practice, later moving to the Lufkin State School where she retired at the age of 70. 

Mary was involved in art activities since her first water color paintings as a teenager.  Her first degree included a minor in art and she worked with drawings, painting and clay whenever there was a free moment.  Her latest painting usually sat on her desk at work and was likely to go home with one of the other employees.   After seeing the Houston International Quilt Show in 2000, she switched to fiber art, working with cloth, paints, threads and beading.  Her entry in the Austin Quilt Show, “Let There Be Light” won Best of Show for Creativity.  Another piece, “Autumn In Ohio” won the Viewer’s Choice award at Wesley Gallery in Dripping Springs.

Mary moved to Wimberley, TX after retirement to be near her beloved children and grandchildren.  She became happily involved in the grandchildren’s activities, loved singing in the Wimberley Methodist Choir and working in her deer-proof vegetable garden, built by her family.  With more free time, she produced many more works of fiber art, expressing her faith as a Christian and her interest in the world around her.  Mary was a very independent and self-reliant individual and came to live with her son in Austin only after health issues required it.  While she loved her life in Wimberley, she continued to live a full life in Austin by becoming deeply involved in her youngest granddaughter’s life Molly, joining Abiding Love Lutheran Church and continuing her endeavors in art, gardening, and spirituality.  

Mary is survived by her dear sons: Robert and Guy; daughters-in-law: Betty Jane and Sara, and grandchildren: Joseph, Elena and Molly.