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Monday, June 10, 2024
Billie Dee Enneking
Age: 92
City: Marion
Funeral Home
Murdoch Funeral and Cremation Services
Monday, June 10, 2024
Billie Dee Enneking
Billie Dee Enneking
Marion
Billie Dee Enneking, 92, of Marion, Iowa, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2024, at her home. The family will greet friends from 4 - 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion.
Billie was born on October 12, 1931, in Lenapah, Oklahoma, the daughter of Odie and Doris (Jones) Price. She graduated from high school in Leavenworth, Kansas. In March of 1987, Billie was united in marriage to Richard “Dick” Henry Enneking in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was employed at Rockwell Collins as an avionics inspector, until her retirement in 1987. She enjoyed traveling, playing cards, reading books, and going out with her close friends for lunch. But her greatest joy was time spent with her grandchildren. Billie will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Billie is survived and lovingly remembered by her husband, Dick Enneking; four sons, Jim Blood (Donna Wernett) of Cedar Rapids, Dick (Michelle) Blood and Joe (Roxanne) Blood, both of Fairfax, Iowa, and Dan (Rebecca) Quinby of Cedar Rapids; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; step-children, Nancy (Dennis) Rice of North Carolina, Dennis (Peggy) Enneking of Marion, Julie (Dan) Thede of Indianola, Iowa, Kathy Bissell of Coralville, Iowa, and Sharon Enneking of Marion; brother, Don (Gladys) Price of Kansas City, Missouri; sister, Janet Doman of St. Louis, Missouri; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Chuck Blood; brothers, Ray and Charles Price; and son-in-law, Dennis Bissell.
Memorials in Billie’s memory may be directed to the family.
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