Ralph William Ent

1914 - 1969  (55 years)

• Name	Ralph William Ent
  Born	28 Feb 1914	Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas
  	The obituary says he was born Feb. 28, 1941, but the correct DOB is February 28, 1914. The obituary says he was born Feb. 28, 1941, but the correct DOB is February 28, 1914.
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 May 1969	Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas
  Buried	Muddy Creek Cemetery, Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3255	Rossville
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Elmer K Ent
  Mother	Elizabeth Guffey Ent
  Family ID	F1855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive Lillian Joy Ent,   b. 9 Dec 1920, Powhattan, Brown County, Kansas ,   d. 31 May 1969, Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 48 years)
  Married	1941	Brown County, Kansas
  Children	1. Gary P Ent,   b. 6 Jan 1957, Horton, Brown County, Kansas ,   d. 26 Aug 1988  (Age 31 years)   2. Kathleen Ent Hahn Eisermann   3. Wayne Ent   4. Elmer Ent   5. Bruce Ent
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2016 11:09:15
  Family ID	F1863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Feb 1914 - Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Ent, Olive and Ent, Ralph Man, Wife Die In Auto Crash State road deaths Topeka Kansas To date in 1969 8 243 To date in 1968 7 249 Total in 1968 12 643 The Memorial Day weekend traffic death toll in Kansas rose to 11 Saturday with the deaths of Ralph W. Ent, 55, and his wife, Olive, 48, both of Route 1, Whiting, after a three-car crash on K-9 about 1 1/2 miles east of Netawaka in Jackson County. Mr. and Mrs. Ent had been in Topeka Friday to complete funeral arrangements for Mrs. Ent’s father, Ray Joy, who died Thursday in a Topeka nursing home. The Ents were only a few miles from their home when the crash occurred about 11 p.m. Friday. Both died shortly after arrival at a Horton hospital early Saturday. The Kansas Highway Patrol said a 1969-model car driven by Ronnie W. Bell, 17, Holton, was westbound on K-9 at a high rate of speed. The new car struck the rear of a 1961-model pickup truck driven by Robert E. Brown, 15, Sabetha, also headed west. The pickup truck overturned and the new' Car careened into the path of the eastbound 1963-model car driven by Ralph Ent, patrolmen said. Bell was admitted to a Holton hospital and the Brown youth and a passenger in the pickup, Walter Ideker, 67, Whiting, suf¬fered minor injuries, patrolmen said. Ralph W. Ent was born Feb. 28, 1941. Mrs. Ent was born Dec. 9, 1920. The had lived in the Whiting community 18 years and were members of the Baptist Church at Whiting. Ralph Ent was a farmer. Survivors include four sons, Wayne Ent, Radley, Elmer Ent, stationed at an Air Force Base in Thailand, and Bruce Ent and Gary Ent, both at home; a daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Hahn, Effingham, and four grandchildren. Ralph Ent also is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Marjorie Phillips, 728 Orleans, Mrs. Dora Kissinger, 323 Tyler, and Mrs. Irene Tibbs, Route 5, all of Topeka, Mrs. Mary Tomson, Syracuse, and Mrs. Thelma Cummings, Hoyt, and two brothers, Allen Ent, Rossville, and Willis Ent, Chicago, III. Mrs. Ent also is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Morris, 238 MacVicar, Topeka, and Mrs. Golden Tucker, St. Louis, Mo.; and four brothers, Sher¬man Joy, Portland, Ore., Milton Joy, Bloomfield, N.M., Ronald Joy, 535 Rogers, Topeka, and George Joy, Lawrence. Chaney Mortuary, Horton, is in charge of arrangements.