Individual Details

Earnest Ivan Willey

(3 Sep 1914 - 26 Sep 1965)

Farmington Daily Times, Farmington, New Mexico, Monday, September 27, 1965, Page 23, Col. 1: Three Die In Wrecks. By The Associated Press. Two out-of-state travelers in New Mexico and one New Mexico driver in Colorado died in weekend traffic accidents.

Ernest [Earnest] Ivan Willey, 49, Farmington, and another driver died in a head on crash of their cars seven miles west of Pagosa Springs, Colo., Sunday.

The state Patrol said the left front tire on Willey's car apparently blew out on a curve causing his car to swerve into the path of an oncoming car driven by William G. Alexander, 31, Durango, Colo.

Both men died at the scene of multiple injuries. A passenger in Willey's car, Florence Paul, Pagosa Springs, was treated for minor cuts.

Events

Birth3 Sep 1914Greenville, Union Co., New Mexico
Marriage18 Dec 1933Guyman, Texas Co., Oklahoma - Clara Lafaun Gift
Death26 Sep 1965Pagosa Springs, Archuleta Co., Colorado
BurialEarnest "Ike" Willey, Memory Gardens of Farmington, Farmington, San Juan Co., New Mexico

Families

SpouseClara Lafaun Gift (1914 - 1988)
ChildIvanell Willey ( - )
ChildBarbara Ann Willey ( - )
ChildHenry Thomas Willey (1935 - 1997)
ChildBonnie Sue Willey (1937 - )
FatherJohn Bowen Willey (1885 - 1960)
MotherJulia Katheryn Clason (1887 - 1965)
SiblingMaude Alice Willey (1912 - 1966)
SiblingMadge Marie Willey (1917 - 1983)
SiblingJohnny Joe "JJ" Willey (1922 - 1995)

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