Georgina S. McEnany - "Gina" - a teacher, banker, and volunteer for non-profit organizations in several states, died on September 5, 2005 at her home in Altoona, Wisconsin. The cause was lung cancer. She was 66.\r\nMs. McEnany taught high school history in the 1960s, and after a period of time spent raising three daughters, received an advanced business degree. She served as a private and commercial banker in three states, finishing her banking career as a Vice President of Bank of America in San Francisco in 1991.\r\nActive in the Episcopal Church, Ms. McEnany was one of the first female Senior Wardens in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was the president of the Lay Academy in the Diocese of California, and served as both Junior and Senior Warden at Christ Church Cathedral in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In San Francisco, she also served on the board and as President of Enterprise for High School Students, which served over 10% of the high school students in San Francisco with job training, a job bank, and internship programs.\r\nAfter moving to the Eau Claire area in 1993, Ms. McEnany served on the board of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Foundation, and as a founding board member of both the Eau Claire Interfaith Hospitality Network and the Altoona Education Foundation.\r\nShe was an avid gardener and bird watcher and enjoyed many ornithological trips to Central and South America.\r\nGeorgina Harrah Stevenson was born in New York, New York on December 13, 1938. She was raised in New York City, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, and Haverford, Pennsylvania, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Pembroke College in Brown University and earned an MBA from Simmons College. Married to M. Terry McEnany, M.D., she lived in Baltimore, Boston, Bethesda, Maryland, London, Providence, Columbus, Ohio, San Francisco, and Altoona, Wisconsin.\r\nMs. McEnany is survived by her husband; daughters, Georgina Lee Caraher, Elizabeth Harrah McEnany and Abigail Turner McEnany; one brother; one sister; and two grandchildren.\r\nIn lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to: the Eau Claire Interfaith HospitalityNetwork, 309 E. Lake Street, Eau Claire 54701; the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire, 510S. Farwell Street, Eau Claire 54701; or Wisconsin Public Radio, 1221 W. ClairemontAvenue, Eau Claire 54701.\r\nA memorial service will be held at Christ Church Cathedral in Eau Claire at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 1, 2005, with Rev. Bruce Gardner officiating.\r\n

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