Once again we have to pass along the news that yet another of the family has passed away. Henrietta Alfreda (Renshaw) "Henri" Egan died on the 14th of March in the Tucson Medical Center at the age of 95 from complications associated with a recent fall and kidney failure. Henrietta was a native of Nogales, Arizona, being born there on the 22nd of June, 1912. Her father was Harry Ricardo Renshaw and her mother Sarah Catherine Noon. Her maternal grandparents were Dr. Adolphus Henry Noon and Emma Catherine Elizabeth (Slaughter) Noon. She leaves behind a son, John Renshaw Egan; two Granddaughters, Sarah Renshaw Nutt of Tucson and Deidre Brownfield Malkowski and two great grandchildren, Grant Marcel Malkowski and Julia Renae Malkowski. Services will be held at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church in Nogales on Friday March 23rd at 11am. Internment will be in the Masonic Cemetery, Nogales, where her husband Roscoe is buried as well as her mother and father. She will be placed at her mothers feet and just above Roscoe.
Her obituary was published in the Arizona Daily Star on 21 March 2007:
"Henrietta "Henri" Renshaw Egan January 22, 1912- March 14, 2007 Born in Arizona Territory in Nogales, in 1912, Henrietta was a proud member of the pioneer Noon Family. She graduated from Nogales High School at 16 years of age and went on to the University of Arizona. She was a Delta Gamma and graduated with a BA in Education and minored in Spanish and Physical Education. She returned to Nogales where she taught school for the next 30 years. Henrietta married Roscoe M. Egan in 1940. She gave birth to Harriette Ann Egan in 1943 and John Renshaw Egan in 1945. Henri is survived by her son, John R. Egan. Her granddaughters, Sarah Renshaw Nutt (Alex), Deirdre Brownfield Malkowski (Shane), and her two great-grandchildren, Grant Marcel and Julia Renae Malkowski. Services will be held on Friday March 23rd, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. St. Andrew¹s Episcopal Church, 969 W. Country Club Drive, Nogales, AZ 85621. Arrangements made through ADAIR CARROON MORTUARY, Nogales, AZ."
The photo of Henrietta was taken in 1999.
