Today we remembered the Life of Ena Vera (Green) Banks 1911-2008. Who passed away last Monday. We had her funeral at Pine grove cemetery this afternoon. She got to see so much in her life; the advent of cars, transition from steam to diesel to electric trains, the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the advent of the computer, which we now take for granted. She was a women before her time. She was a women’s liber before the Women’s Liberation movement existed. She always believed in the rights of women. She was one of the first women in Australia to break the norm and wear pants, which in her day was unheard of and was frowned upon. Women were unable to buy pants then so she and her sisters made their own. She has left behind a great legacy. 4 children, 16 grand-children and 36 great-grand-children. Her greatest praise was instilling into her children the strong bond that family brings and passing this down the generations. You will be greatly missed.