Olive Lillian Joy Ent

1920 - 1969  (48 years)

• Name	Olive Lillian Joy Ent
  Born	9 Dec 1920	Powhattan, Brown County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 May 1969	Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas
  Buried	Muddy Creek Cemetery, Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3254	Rossville
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2017

  
  

  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	Ralph William Ent,   b. 28 Feb 1914, Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 31 May 1969, Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 55 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

  
  

• 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.
  		Obituary- Ent, Olive Daughter of Robert Raymond Joy (1889-1969) and Ellen R. Hetzler (1898-1927). She married about 1941 Brown Co., KS, to Ralph William Ent (1914-1969). The Emporia Gazette from Emporia, KS, page 10, dated May 31, 1969 publication: "A three vehicle wreck about one mile east of Netawaka on Kansas Hwy 9 resulted in death to Ralph Ent, 55, and his wife, Olive, 48, of Whiting, Kan. The Ent's car and another met head-on, and another vehicle plowed into the wreckage." They had just left a meeting at the funeral home planning for the funeral of Olive's father who died 29-May-1969 in Topeka, KS.