Elk County KS Archives Obituaries.....Dewey, Ralph E. November 10, 1927
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Howard Courant              November 17, 1927
OBITUARY

Ralph E. Dewey, son of E. G. and Jennie Robb Dewey was born in Elk County, 
April 30, 1882; died at Howard, November 10, 1927.  He grew up in this county, 
was educated in the country school, and also attended the Howard and later the 
Moline schools.  He was married about fifteen years ago, and is survived by 
his wife and two children, a son and a daughter, and also by his aged father, 
E. G. Dewey, and sister, Miss Ellen Dewey, who now live at Berryville, 
Arkansas.

Ralph was elected Clerk of the Distict Court in 1920, and was twice re-
elected.  He was a popular official and stood well with the bar and the court.

Ralph Dewey, while not highly educated, was an omniverorous reader, and had 
delved into science, poetry, history, literature of all sorts, and being 
endowed with a remarkably retentive memory, he never forgot anything he read.  
He was an interesting conversationalist, and could recall, repeat and recite 
by memory a prodigous amount of the things he had read.

He was a loyal friend and was the embodiment of kindness and charity.  No 
neighbor ever called on him and was denied anything asked for.  He was 
especialy kind to and thoughtful of the sick, and was prompt to visit or look 
after the needs and wishes of the old and afflicted.  If all the people to 
whom Ralph Dewey had extended help, kindness and assistance could be assembled 
in one place, it would be a bigger concourse of people than ever assembled in 
Elk County.  It is a sad thought that in his tragic death and the cloud which 
gathered over his last days that so many who had been his recipients of his 
kindnesses did not respond to his needs, and comfort what must have been his 
mental sufferings.

The funeral at Moline Sunday afternoon was a beautiful service.  The church 
was crowded and many could not gain admission.  The pastor, Rev. O.W. Dewey, 
spoke eloquently, tenderly, impressively.  There was no obituary read and no 
personal allusion to the dead, but there were comforting words and beautiful 
thoughts expressed.  The music was by a male quartette from Howard--Messrs. 
Fred and Will Barackman, Ben Eby and Frank Dobyns.

Burial was in Moline cemetery, where Ralph's mother was buried.

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