Rachael K (Rachel) Hook Parks Joy

1854 - 1937  (83 years)

• Name	Rachael K (Rachel) Hook Parks Joy
  Born	15 Feb 1854	Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Mar 1937	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Olive Branch Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4261	Rossville
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	William Hook,   b. 1824, Noble County, Ohio ,   d. 1857, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Keziah Vorhies Hook Moulton,   b. 18 Dec 1824,   d. 25 Jul 1892  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F5064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	W.W. Parks
  Children	1. Joseph V Parks,   b. 2 Apr 1880,   d. 8 Apr 1950, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 70 years)   2. Laurel Aretha Parks Oliver,   b. 21 Feb 1884,   d. 21 Jun 1966, Denton, Denton County, Texas  (Age 82 years)   3. Mabel G Parks,   b. 9 Jan 1886, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 18 Nov 1907, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 21 years) + 4. Ethel R Parks Johnson,   b. 30 Oct 1887, Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 12 Jun 1943, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 55 years)   5. Harry R Parks   6. Louie H Parks
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2021 21:04:32
  Family ID	F4801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Silas Frederick Joy,   b. 11 May 1848, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan ,   d. 8 Oct 1923, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2017 16:15:36
  Family ID	F5068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Feb 1854 - Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Joy, Rachael MRS. RACHAEL JOY Mrs. Rachael K. Joy, 83, died Monday morning at a Topeka hospital of injures she suffered a week previous when she fell and broke her hip. Mrs. Joy, a resident of this county since she came here as a child with her parents in 1855, was born in Mt. Ephriam, Ohio. She lived near Tecumseh and Rossville but in Shawnee county all of her life. She was a member of the Rossville Methodist church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J. R. Johnson, of Topeka, and Mrs. T.P. Oliver, of Rossville; three sons, J. V. Parks, of Lakeland, Florida; Harry R. Parks, of Topeka; and Louie Parks, of Los Angeles, Calif.; two stepchildren, Mrs. Lester Parr of Silver Lake and Owen Joy of Oklahoma City, Okla.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One brother, W. V. Hook, of Rossville. Funeral services were held from the Penwell chapel, Wednesday at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Harold C. Case. The pallbearers were Clyde Milliken and Frank Read of Tecumseh, Lowell, Guilford and Ben Hook of Silver Lake, and Luther Smith of Topeka. The body was brought to Rossville for burial in the U. B. cemetery. Bert Parks of Lakeland, Fla., and Owen Joy of Oklahoma City, called to Kansas by the death of their mother, Mrs. S. F. Joy were in town Wednesday renewing acquaintance with old friends.