Ronald Eugene Joy

1922 - 1994  (72 years)

• Name	Ronald Eugene Joy
  Born	9 May 1922	Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Sep 1994	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Olive Branch Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4262	Rossville
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Robert Raymond Joy,   b. 5 Sep 1889,   d. 29 May 1969  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Ellen Rebecca Hertzler Joy,   b. 15 Feb 1898,   d. 16 Mar 1927  (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F1864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Arnetta Gene Reevis Joy,   b. 14 Jan 1926, Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas ,   d. 19 Jun 1987, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 61 years)
  Married	26 Nov 1948	Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
  Children	1. Linda C Joy Jackson   2. Karen Kay Joy Hohmann   3. Donna S Joy Claspill   4. Robert D Joy
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2017 14:37:08
  Family ID	F5056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Barbara Jean Farrell Joy
  Married	27 Dec 1991
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2017 16:13:40
  Family ID	F5067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Joy, Ronald Ronald Eugene Joy Ronald Eugene Joy, 72, Topeka, died Saturday, Sept. 16, 1994, at a Topeka nursing home. Mr. Joy was a telephone installer for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for 36 years before he retired in 1983. He also served on the school board for Rice Elementary School. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was born May 9, 1922, in Netawaka, the son of Robert Raymond and Ellen Rebecca Hertzler Joy. Mr. Joy was a 40-year member of Second Presbyterian Church where lie served as an elder and a deacon. He later became a member of Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church. He was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America, the American Legion, Independent Order of Foresters, several bowling leagues and he had served as a Cub Scout master and committeeman for the Boy Scouts of America. He was married to Arnetta Gene Reavis on Nov. 26, 1948, in Leavenworth. She died June 19, 1987. He was married to Barbara Jean Farrell on Dec. 27, 1991. She survives. Other survivors include a son, Robert D. Joy, Port Hueneme, Calif.; three daughters, Linda C. Jackson, Houston, and Karen K. Hohmann and Donna S. Claspill, both of Topeka; a stepson, David W. Farrell, Topeka; three brothers, Sherman J. Joy, Portland, Ore., Milton W. Joy, Grand Junction, Colo., and George H. Joy, Topeka; two sisters, Mildred B. Morris, Topeka, and Goldie I. Tucker, Houston; 14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Burial will be at Joy-Franklin UBI Cemetery northwest of Rossville. Mr. Joy will lie in state from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home where a parish prayer service will be at 7 p.m. Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.