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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.

Birth	3 Sep 1914	Greenville, Union Co., New Mexico
Marriage	18 Dec 1933	Guyman, Texas Co., Oklahoma - Clara Lafaun Gift
Death	26 Sep 1965	Pagosa Springs, Archuleta Co., Colorado
Burial		Earnest "Ike" Willey, Memory Gardens of Farmington, Farmington, San Juan Co., New Mexico

Spouse	Clara Lafaun Gift (1914 - 1988)
Child	Ivanell Willey ( - )
Child	Barbara Ann Willey ( - )
Child	Henry Thomas Willey (1935 - 1997)
Child	Bonnie Sue Willey (1937 - )

Father	John Bowen Willey (1885 - 1960)
Mother	Julia Katheryn Clason (1887 - 1965)
Sibling	Maude Alice Willey (1912 - 1966)
Sibling	Madge Marie Willey (1917 - 1983)
Sibling	Johnny Joe "JJ" Willey (1922 - 1995)