During her years in Colborne, Enid continued her family’s devotion to the Anglican Church and to the Liberal Party. She was a strong supporter of St. Peter’s Church, Lakeport, until that building was demolished in the 1960s. She continued to be a faithful supporter of Trinity [Anglican] Church, Colborne, until her death.
In the church, she carried on the Ladies’ Aid, an organization begun by her aunt Emily McTavish. In the Liberal Party, she served as area chairman for a number of years and as a voting delegate in many nominations.
Photograph of Trinity Anglican Church stained glass window, Colborne
DetailsA perpetual memorial of the family’s longstanding connection to the area, and history of service to the community, is the stained glass picture window that stands above the altar in Trinity Church, dedicated to the memory of Maria McTavish Campbell, Enid’s great-grandmother.
Enid’s mother has been a successful Liberal member of parliament, her family had been “the backbone of the church for years” and Enid carried on those traditions.
At her funeral service on Wednesday, July 18, [1990], Trinity’s current rector, Rev. Arthur Riguero, paid tribute to Enid as a “fine woman and a good Christian.”He recalled how she had been the first of his parishioners to invite him for tea when he came to Trinity two years before. He said she had frankly admitted to him that she wanted to “look him over; to see if he was suitable for the church.” He said that frankness and directness, such as that, characterized all of Enid’s doings.
Enid Rogers was predeceased by her brother, John, and by her sisters, Margaret Konantz and Jean Lawson. She is survived by her nephews, Jim Lawson of Ottawa and Peter Lawson of Belleville, Gordon Konantz of Vancouver, Bill Konantz of Winnipeg and Bremner Rogers of Ottawa, and by a niece, Heather Thompson of Toronto. She is also survived by 20 great-nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her niece Barbara Forcy. The funeral was followed by cremation with interment planned for a later date.