Iowa
Old Press
Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Emmet co. Iowa
Wednesday, May 26, 1915
DR. W. K. RAMSEY DEAD - South Broadway Merchant
Expires After Illness of a Few Days.
Thursday evening our many citizens were pained to learn of the
death of Dr. W. K. Ramsey, who, during the past two years,
conducted a store in the Marks building on South Broadway. Very
few had learned of his illness. The cause of death was brain
fever. He was able to be about until the first of the week. The
remains were taken to Luverne, Minnesota, Monday morning where
they were interred. Services were held at the Episcopal church at
that place at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, he having been an
Episcopalian. The burial was in Maplewood cemetery.
W. K. Ramsey was born at Waterloo, Province of Quebec, Canada,
October 13, 1872. In 1876 his parents moved to Luverne,
Minnesota. He grew to manhood on his father’s farm near that
place. At the age of twenty, he entered Wilder College. In 1897,
he became a student in the Chicago Dental college, graduating
with the Class of 1901. He practiced in Chicago until 1909 when,
owing to failing health, he gave up his profession.
June 18, 1913, he was united in marriage to Miss Jessie H. Watson
of Luverne, Minnesota. The following September Dr. and Mrs.
Ramsey moved to Emmetsburg, engaging in the mercantile business,
which he subsequently followed. Dr. Ramsey was a member of the
Masonic order, the Brotherhood of American Yeomen and the Eastern
Star. He is survived by his wife; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnston Ramsey of Mason City, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. A. A. Cook
of Luverne, Minnesota, and Mrs. H. B. Farres, of Mason City; and
one brother, B. D. Ramsey, of Mason City.
Dr. Ramsey was a quiet, unassuming man but he was genial and
obliging and attended strictly to his own affairs. He impressed
all who met him as a gentleman in every sense of the word and he
won the confidence and the respect of those with whom he had
business dealings. He did not have a large stock, but he bought
conservatively and sold judiciously and he was gradually building
up a substantial and profitable patronage. It is a source of much
regret to all who knew him that he was taken away at such an
early age in his career and at a time when life’s prospects
were becoming so encouraging. Mrs. Ramsey and the other relatives
have the sincere sympathy of our many citizens.
[transcribed by L.Z., January 2015]