Ira Raphael Zent

1925 - 2005  (79 years)

• Name	Ira Raphael Zent
  Born	13 Mar 1925	North Dakota, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jan 2005	Tomball, Harris County, Texas, USA   [3]
  Buried	Saint Vincent's Catholic Cemetery, Mott, Hettinger County, North Dakota, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I207603	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Raphael Zent,   b. 29 May 1895, Speyer, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 11 Mar 1969, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Maria Anna Renner,   b. 28 Sep 1899, Speyer, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 0Mar 1993, Richardton, Stark County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	8 Jul 1919	North Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F44727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Josephina Andrade
  Children	1. Susan Zent   2. Gail Zent
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F77039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lynnda Unknown
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F77040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). [S26] 1940 US Federal Census. Name: Ira Zent Age: 15 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1925 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: North Dakota Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Home in 1940: Cedar Butte, Adams, North Dakota View Map Inferred Residence in 1935: Cedar Butte, Adams, North Dakota Residence in 1935: Same House Sheet Number: 1A Attended School or College: Yes Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: No [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Ira R. Zent Last Residence: 77377 Tomball, Harris, Texas, United States of America Born: 13 Mar 1925 Died: 1 Jan 2005 State (Year) SSN issued: South Dakota (1955) [S927] Obituary. Ira Raphel Zent Ira Raphel Zent, 79, Tombell, Texas, formally from north of Lemmon, South Dakota, died after a long illness on January 1, 2005. Funeral Services were held on January 7, 2005 at Spirit of Life Catholic Church, Mandan, Rev. Cyprian Meyer officiated. Burial was in St. Vincent's Cemetery, Mott, North Dakota. Ira was born March 13, 1925 in rural Bentley, North Dakota, to Raphel and Mary (Renner) Zent. He was raised and educated near Bentley, North Dakota. He served in World War II as a fighter pilot in the US Navy from 1945 until 1947. While stationed in Corpus Christi, Texas he met and married Josephina Andrade? in Mexico. After their marriage they farmed and ranched north of Lemmon, South Dakota and raised two daughters, Susan and Gail. He had a passion for horses and an avid horse racer. In the mid 70's he decided to leave farming and ranching to pursue a career in horse racing; mostly in the southern states. Later he was employed in the equestrian department of the Houston Police Department for 12 years. He then retired and made his home in Tomball, Texas and continued to dabbled in horse racing. He is survived by two daughters, Susan Pollak, Mandan, and Gail McMullen, Minnetonka, Minnesota; four brothers, Raymond, Mott, Curtis, Phoenix, Arizona, Arnold, Rochester, Minnesota, Werner, Clarks Grove, Minnesota; seven sisters, Irene Jochim, Cambria, California, Elsie Kuhn, Alamogordo, New Mexico, Laura Woeste, Glen Ullin, Lillian Knevel, Lafayette, Indiana, Delores Chambers, Denver, Colorado, Eleanor Fortuna, Indianapolis, Indiana, Marie Dempsey, Dyer, Indiana; five grandchildren, James Zent, Jennifer Bitz, Jessica Pollak, Steve McMullen, Alicia McMullen; five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews and very special friends Mike and Leslie Wills, Houston, Texas. Ira was preceded in death by his parents, Raphel and Mary Zent, former wife, Josephina, two brothers, Jerry and Clarence, and infant siblings, Kenneth and Eunice.