Kay County OK Obit for: Kathryn Edith (Hester) Ramsey 
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Submitted to the archives by:Claudia Thiry, workfarm@kskc.net
Date submitted: 3/09/2003 
Obit transcribed from the Newkirk Herald by submitter.
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August 31, 2000
Kathryn Edith (Hester) Ramsey

Kathryn Edith Ramsey, longtime Ponca City resident, died Friday morning, 
Aug. 25, 2000 in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Ponca City. She was 74.

The daughter of Pearl Marcellus and Elyse (Bibey) Hester, she was born March 
19, 1926 in Montgomery County, MS. 

She grew up and attended school in Montgomery County. 

In 1944 she moved to Ponca City where she worked in Woolworth Department Store. 

On December 11, 1945 she married Ivan Dean Ramsey in Winfield, KS. The couple
made their first home in Arkansas City, KS. 

They moved to California for a short time and then to Ponca City. 

They later moved to Kansas City for Ivan's training for nine months. 

The family returned to Ponca City where they have since resided.

Mrs. Ramsey attended Southern Baptist Churches. She enjoyed gardening, 
flowers and cooking.
She is survived by her husband Ivan of the home; one daughter, Deanna Hass 
of Ponca City; two sisters; Betty Jones of Ponca City and Norma Hutchison 
of Tulsa; and one grandson, Greg Kusick of Enid.

Ramsey is preceded in death by her parents, one son, Harold Ivan Ramsey and 
one brother, Leonard Hester.

The funeral was at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2000 in the Miller-Stahl 
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Virgil Swift, minister of Crestview Baptist 
Church officiating. Burial followed in Newkirk Cemetery under the direction 
of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service.

Those serving as casket bearers were Greg Cusick, Scott Jones, Marc Hester, 
Charles Ramsey, Dale Koster and Danny Steele. Honorary bearers were Jim 
Jones and Delmar Hutchison.
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