Mrs. Bessie Maria Ramsey, 84, died at Manning General Hospital Thursday afternoon, December 7, 1967, after a long illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Methodist Church here, with burial in the Manning Cemetery. The Rev. Andrew Stewart-Morris will officiate. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning after 6 p.m. Friday.

A daughter of Edward K. and Permelia (Wilfong) Johnson, she was born September 14, 1883, in Iowa Township, Crawford County, and attended school in Manning.

She married Charles H. Ramsey at Manning on April 8, 1903, and they farmed near Manning until moving into town in 1936. She continued to live here following her husband's death on July 28, 1953. Two daughters and a brother also predeceased her.

Mrs. Ramsey was a member of the Methodist Church, Women's Society of Christian Service, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliaries, Women's Relief Corps and the Friendly Hour Club.

She is survived by ten children: Mrs. Hugo (Juanita) Boeck, Portsmouth; Ralph, Manilla; Mrs. Orla (Edna) Peters, Edward, Mayburn, Mrs. Charles (Bernice) Laverty, Mrs. Arlo (Thelma) Hodne, Orren, Mary and John, all of Manning; also 22 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Zada Johnson of Manning.