Robert H. Enneking, 77, of Seneca, KS, died Wednesday morning, May 9, 2007 at Life Care Center in Seneca.

He was born July 18, 1929, in Seneca, the son of Henry B. and Mary J. Rethman Enneking. He grew up there, and attended Sts. Peter & Paul School in Seneca, and graduated in 1947. He was employed by Western Electric in California from 1947 to 1948. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1948 and served in Korea from 1949 to 1951. He was discharged in 1952 and returned home.

In 1952, he married Luella Roggenkamp at St. Joseph Church in Lillis, KS. They lived in Topeka for nine years, before moving to Seneca. Robert worked for Southwestern Bell from 1952 to 1999 as a cable splicer and an office repair man.

Robert was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, the Telephone Pioneers of America, the Earle W. Taylor Post #21 of the American Legion, and the Seneca Memorial Post #7458 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and exploring with his metal detector.

Survivors besides his wife are two sons, Gerald of Auburn, KS and Gregory of Seneca; a daughter, Mary Ann Weaver of Seneca; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

He is preceded in death by a son, Dennis on April 24, 1999.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1 PM Saturday, May 12, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The rosary will be prayed at 7 PM on Friday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery. Military honors will be conducted by the Earl W. Taylor Post #21 of the American Legion and the Memorial Post # 7458 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Memorials may be given for Sts. Peter & Paul School or Life Care Center, and sent in care of the family.