On November 1, 1913, Helen Leah Ramsey was born to John and Maude Drake Ramsey near Richland, Iowa. She entered life eternal on July 4, 2017, at the age of 103.

From 1918-1926 she went to a country school. In 1930 she was graduated at Richland High School. Helen finished college at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, in 1934 and began a career in teaching.

The fall following her graduation from Parsons College, at the age of 20, she taught classes at Ollie, Iowa high school and middle school. After a two-year hiatus, she resumed her teaching in fifth and sixth grades in Beacon, Iowa. Her career continued at Fulton, Illinois. However, because of respiratory troubles, she moved to and taught in Roswell, New Mexico.

Next, she worked at the Denver Dry Goods Company while teaching second grade in Lakewood, Colorado. Another teaching job moved her to La Junta, Colorado, where she taught departmental fourth through sixth grades for six years.

After her father's death, she and her mother moved to Fort Morgan to be near Helen's older sister Elizabeth and family. Elizabeth's son, John E. Green, was a florist in Fort Morgan but died at the age of 55.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, and her nephew. She is survived by numerous cousins in Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kansas. Helen is also survived by very loyal and loving friends, Sue Aggson and Cathie Bullock.

Helen was a member of the Fort Morgan United Methodist Church and the Women's University Club. A celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, July 11, at 2:00 P.M. at the United Methodist Church with Pastor Rick Carpenter officiating. Inurnment will follow in Memory Gardens.