Enis P. Ingold, age 90 of Helena

Enis Provist Ingold went home to be with Jesus on January 21,2025 at 11:07am. She was at her daughter Blanche’s home surrounded by her family in love and prayer. She was 90 years old. Enis was born in Troon, Scotland on 11/23/1934 to David and Peggy McClure. She was the youngest of 3 children. She adored her older brother and sister, Kenny and Joyce. Her mother was a homemaker, whose family had owned Cuthill Scone Shoppe and her father ran a family bakery where she often worked in the summers. She had many fond memories of standing outside the bakery eating an oven-fresh meat pie, determined to entice customers in with the aroma. She was in her primary school years during WWII and had many stories about blackouts and rationing in Scotland during the war. Those years made her frugal and resilient to a level that amazed us all.

She met Airman Eugene Walter Ingold, a USAF navigator pilot who was stationed in Troon. They met on a, double date (not with each other), but in a twist of fate, fell in love. They were married on April, 5th, 1957 and Enis left her family and her beloved Scotland for a new life in America. It would be 10 years before she would see her family again in person, but she always kept in close touch with her Scottish family. Initially with meticulously typed letters on her manual typewriter to be sure to use every inch of the expensive blue airmail letters and later with weekly phone calls to her nephew David MacMillan. She had a lifelong love and connection to her homeland. She loved bagpipe music and yearned to hear the sounds of the ocean. Her favorite poem was Sea Fever by John Masefield.

Life, as the spouse of an Air Force officer, was a maze of transfers and moves across the US. They moved approximately 12 times during their service. She would often lament over the two times they had orders to be stationed in Germany so much closer to her family in Scotland. She had packed up their entire home, only to have his orders revoked on the last day both times.

Enis and Gene had 3 daughters, Garnett (1958), Blanche (1960), and Yvette (1963). She was not fond of common names. She became an American citizen in 1967. She was so proud to be an American. Her kitchen and her garden were filled with red, white, and blue. She never lived anywhere without an American flag flying out front. Enis was a truly accomplished woman of substance. She sewed all of her and her daughter’s clothes until the 1970s. She was the most amazing chef, baker, party organizer, piñata maker, cake decorator, artist, published author, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. It was an unspoken understanding that her ability to throw a party for the upper brass, contributed greatly to Gene’s continued advancement and promotions in the Air Force. Everyone wanted to attend an Enis Ingold themed party. She could knit like no other and created her own patterns for sweaters and hats. She held multiple classes, teaching other women how to knit and do other creative crafts. If you were willing to learn to knit, she was more than willing and patient to teach you. She was even an occasional professional clown for parties and parades. In short, she was AMAZING!

Enis and Lt. Colonel Eugene Ingold retired from Air Force life in 1973 and moved the family to Cascade, MT. They purchased and renovated the home that Charlie Russell was married in. Enis loved her home as it was truly the very first home that they had actually owned. She spent countless hours tending to her flower gardens. She had a true appreciation for antiques and loved finding treasures at small antique stores across Montana and Scotland. In 1980 she opened an antique shop called The Heather House in Cascade. The family lived in Cascade until the girls were all graduated. In 1982 they moved to Great Falls to be closer to Gene’s real estate business. Enis found love and comfort in her grandchildren. In particular her oldest grandson, Spencer, who was born 13 week’s premature. Her devotion to him as a premie newborn developed a special lifelong bond. She worked at a vitamin and supplement shop in Great Falls but on weekends could be found driving up to Conrad to visit her grandchildren from Blanche. Enis loved her grandchildren with a passion. She had 6 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. She frequently called and left talking and singing messages to all of them. Messages that they have all saved on their phones and now can listen to her sweet, Scottish voice for all their lives.

Enis was a born again Christian and had a strong faith in God. She would say, “I am never alone – I have Jesus with me”. She was always faithful in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She was a walking musical and was highly likely to break into song and dance at any given moment. She had a booth for years at the Great Falls Farmer’s Market but could never quite get her booth fully set up before she was completely sold out of her famous Scottish shortbread, cinnamon rolls, and strawberry tarts. When she took the time to enter baked goods into the State Fair, she was almost guaranteed to walk away with a sweepstakes ribbon. And heaven help the person who mispronounced the word scone! “Auch, it’s scone ….. rhymes with gone” she would gently correct.

In July of 2024, she moved to Helena to stay with her daughter Blanche and lived out her last days surrounded by her family. She was taken care of with much love and attention by her daughters. Enis was a true matriarch. Her laughter, love, sense of humor, and talent will be missed by all who knew her.

She is preceded in death by her parents, David and Peggy McClure (Scotland), her beloved Aunt Agnes (Scotland), her brother, Kenneth McClure (Scotland), her sister Joyce MacMillan, and her husband, Eugene Walter Ingold.

She is survived by her daughters, Garnett Rope (Mark), Blanche Reishus, and Yvette Worman (Brent). She is also survived by her grandchildren; Spencer Reishus (Autumn), Francis Reishus (Rachel), Grant Boynton (Taylor), Sonja Wellenstein (Ty), Remington Reishus, Luke Rope (Dana) and her great grandchildren; Finlay, Ian, Henry, Eleanor, Bonnie, and Layla. She leaves behind 90 years of love, laughter, generosity, friendship, sacrifice, caring, dozens of short stories, and most of all fun. We will miss her so much and it will be a “gei dreich” life without her.

John 6:47 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me shall have everlasting life”.
Sea Fever (1902) by John Masefield
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

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