She will be greatly missed by her loving husband Don; her son Jesse; parents Laura & Gerald Henkel; brothers Lee (Annette), Travis and Brett (Louise); grandparent Shirley Rowe/Roberts; in-Laws Don & Susan Erechuk; grandmother Martha Erechuk.
In addition, Misty is survived by many loving nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Misty was predeceased by her grandparents Jack & Shirley Roberts; uncle Bill Roberts; Don's sister Jennie Erechuk; grandparent Don Erechuk and uncle Freddie Sharrun.
Misty's life was all about devotion to others and her family. Don & Misty were married for 25 strong years , together for 30. Her careers included Teacher's Aid at Andrew, working in the field of special needs, DARTS at Drumheller, Rehoboth in Stony Plain and with AHS at the Stony Plain Hospital in the Adult Day Program. She was able to expand her knowledge through many courses in the field of special needs.
At the beginning of Covid the adult day program ended and she joined her husband full time with the company they started, DMJ Environmental. Their son Jesse, now 17 years old, was always helping when he didn't have school. Their business opened many opportunities to expand their services in water distribution providing clean, potable water to many places in western Alberta all the way to Jasper Park Lodge (where they spent 2 days most every week). Misty & family loved the people they worked with & the mountains.
In the early years Misty and Don were able to do some traveling to Mexico & San Francisco for their 20th Anniversary. They enjoyed weekly fly fishing, quadding, camping, hiking and golfing. This lessened as they became busier with their business.
Misty's dream was to have a cabin in the woods and they had a Knotty Pine Cabin built on 40 acres 8 years ago. They planned on spending more time there in their retirement. Misty excelled as a Water Tech, focusing on potable water with Alberta Environment and AHS. She helped following the recent wildfires in Jasper, ordering & labelling sample kits to help bring JPL to potable water standards. She was scheduled to write her level 1 exam in October.
Unfortunately, she passed suddenly from a brain aneurysm in Hinton during their weekly trip to JPL.
Her daily commitment and saying was "work as though you work for the Lord."
A Celebration of Life will take place Tuesday, September 17 at 12PM at Spruce Grove Alliance Church. Cremation has already taken place through Parkland Funeral Services.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to STARS online https://give.stars.ca/page/125748/donate/1 or by mail at STARS Donations, 1441 Aviation Park NE, Box 570, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 8M7.
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