Fred Lakewood Ramsey's cremated remains were not initially taken after his death and were available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. In September 2019 the family received the ashes. Fred's great niece then arranged to have his ashes buried along with a headstone in the Keno Cemetery in 1921, one hundred years following Fred's death, next to his father William Ramsey (1846-1898), his mother Winnie Reed Ramsey (1869-1912), and his brothers Rolla Ramsey (1889-1934) and Solomon Ramsey (1889-1889).
More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Fred was born on 8/28/1897 in Keno, Klamath County, in southern Oregon near the California-Oregon border. His mother, Winnie E. Reed, was born in California in 1869. His father William R. Ramsey was born in 1846 in Ohio. William served in the 113th Ohio Infantry. William received a government land patent homestead in Klamath County that encompassed about 400 acres and was located near the Klamath River and current-day Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Winnie & William were married in Klamath County on 6/24/1889.
They had 4 sons (all born in Oregon) including: Rolla Revel (in August 1889), Bloomfield Byard "Bloom" (April 1891), W. Stewart (June 1895) and Fred (August 1897). Shortly after Fred's first birthday, his father died in a buggy accident on 10/29/1898 at the age of 52 on 10/29/1898 at the age of 29 and was buried in Keno, Klamath County. It is interesting to note that the back of William's headstone is engraved with the name Solomon Ramsey who died in 1889 when he was 4 days old. It is believed Solomon was William's son and Rolla's twin.
In January 1899, shortly after his dad died, Fred's mother started receiving a military widow's pension. At the time of the 1900 census Fred was 2 years old living with his widowed mother, 3 brothers in Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. His mother's occupation was listed as a farmer.
At least by 1903 Fred's mother was living in Picard, California a short distance south of Keno, Oregon. It seems her health may have been compromised. In June 1903 she spent time at the Klamath Hot Springs hotel which touted their facility as a "cure for rheumatism, skin diseases and all stomach troubles." Her health problems may have predated or been related to an incident that happened when she was about 19. On the evening of 7/11/1888 in Keno, a year before Fred's parents were married, Winnie Reed began having seizures 4 hours after taking some medication. It was later determined the "medication" was laced with strychnine, which was used as a rat poison and medicinally as a stimulant of the central nervous system. It is suspected that somebody doctored the medicine because strychnine was rarely mistaken for anything else. Several people were suspected but no arrests were made. Winnie nearly died. Antidotes were administered and she survived, but even 11 days later Winnie was reportedly unable to make a statement to the authorities. This event may have had a long-term effect on her health.
Fred's mother has not been found in the 1910 census. she was not with her children, her mother, or siblings. Fred was living in foster care in Portland, Oregon in the home of Samuel W. Scott, a widowed man and his daughters. It is not believed Mr. Scott was related to Fred. It is suspected Fred's mother's physical health or mental health required Fred be placed in care outside the home, but it is curious that he was living in Portland, so far from his hometown and extended family members. During that same (1900) census, Fred's brothers Stewart (age 16), Bloom (20), and Rolla (21) were living together in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Their mother was not with them. All three were single. Bloom and Rolla were working as laborers, but 16 year old Stewart was not working or attending school.
It is not known what became of Stewart after 1910. It is believed he died before 1918 when he would have been expected to have completed the World War I draft registration. No registration has been found for him. Fred's mother died on 9/10/1912 at the age of 42. She was buried near her husband at the Keno Cemetery in Klamath County.
As an adult Fred was slender, of medium height with blue eyes and brown hair. He was single all his life. When his World War I draft registration was completed in 1918 he was 21 living in Bend, Deschutes County in central Oregon where he was a farm laborer. He named his uncle John Richard Clemmens in Siskiyou County, in northern California as his nearest relative. John was the husband of Fred's aunt Helen (Reed) Clemmens, the younger sister of Fred's mother.
Fred's brother Rolla (age 27) completed the draft registration in 1917 while living in Red Bluff, California. He was single and working as a "traveling carpenter" for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Rolla served in Company H of the 62nd Infantry from 1917 - 1919 and later re-enlisted.
Fred's brother Bloom completed the draft registration in 1917. At that time he was living in Weed in northern California where he was a sheet metal worker for the Weed Lumber Company. Bloom was living with his first wife Bertha M. (Gretner) Ramsey who he had married in January 1913.
In 1919 Fred was diagnosed with diabetes. At that time insulin was not available. It was first used on an experimental basis in 1922. By the time of the 1920 census (taken in January), Fred was no longer in Bend but was living in Siskiyou County, California with his Uncle John and Aunt Helen Clemmens. Fred was working as a farm laborer on his uncle's farm. Meanwhile Fred's brother Rolla was serving in the US Army in the 28th Balloon Company Air Service. He was enrolled in the Balloon School in Lee Hall, near Newport News, Virginia. The train school operated in the summer of 1920 training soldiers for deployment to Central and South America service. During the 1920 census Fred's brother Bloom was living with his wife Bertha in San Francisco where he worked in a sheet metal shop.
In July 1921 Fred was a patient at the Klamath County Hospital. On 7/11/1921 he fled from the hospital and headed to his uncle's home in northern California. Initially there were fears the "fugitive might commit suicide." After he was spotted in California the Klamath County Hospital superintendent told a news reporter the hospital would make no effort to find Fred and that he (the superintendent) was "well satisfied to let the California indigent funds support Ramsey for a while." About a week later, on 7/20/1921 Fred was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for only 19 days he died there of diabetes on 8/8/1921. He was just 3 weeks from his 24th birthday. No autopsy was performed. Five days later his body was cremated. One hundred years later Fred was buried with his parents at the Keno Cemetery.
Fred was survived by several relatives. His aunt Helen Clemmens died in California on 2/19/1924. His uncle John Clemmens died on 4/13/1926. Fred's brother Rolla married Elsie (Cross) Gordon in the 1920s. She had children by her previous marriage but she and Rolla had no children together. Rolla died in San Francisco on 7/18/1934. He was buried at the Keno Cemetery with his parents. Fred's maternal grandmother, Mary Henrietta (Hinman) Reed died in Oakland, California in 1935. In the 1920s, Fred's brother Bloom married Helenclare Watson. They had a child, Helenclare, in 1924. Bloom married Hazel Mae Mattheisen in 1946. On 11/24/1952 Bloom was driving his car near Medford, Oregon, pull off to the side of the road. and died of a heart attack. He had been a prominent businessman and community leader in northern California and southern Oregon.
More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Fred was born on 8/28/1897 in Keno, Klamath County, in southern Oregon near the California-Oregon border. His mother, Winnie E. Reed, was born in California in 1869. His father William R. Ramsey was born in 1846 in Ohio. William served in the 113th Ohio Infantry. William received a government land patent homestead in Klamath County that encompassed about 400 acres and was located near the Klamath River and current-day Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Winnie & William were married in Klamath County on 6/24/1889.
They had 4 sons (all born in Oregon) including: Rolla Revel (in August 1889), Bloomfield Byard "Bloom" (April 1891), W. Stewart (June 1895) and Fred (August 1897). Shortly after Fred's first birthday, his father died in a buggy accident on 10/29/1898 at the age of 52 on 10/29/1898 at the age of 29 and was buried in Keno, Klamath County. It is interesting to note that the back of William's headstone is engraved with the name Solomon Ramsey who died in 1889 when he was 4 days old. It is believed Solomon was William's son and Rolla's twin.
In January 1899, shortly after his dad died, Fred's mother started receiving a military widow's pension. At the time of the 1900 census Fred was 2 years old living with his widowed mother, 3 brothers in Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. His mother's occupation was listed as a farmer.
At least by 1903 Fred's mother was living in Picard, California a short distance south of Keno, Oregon. It seems her health may have been compromised. In June 1903 she spent time at the Klamath Hot Springs hotel which touted their facility as a "cure for rheumatism, skin diseases and all stomach troubles." Her health problems may have predated or been related to an incident that happened when she was about 19. On the evening of 7/11/1888 in Keno, a year before Fred's parents were married, Winnie Reed began having seizures 4 hours after taking some medication. It was later determined the "medication" was laced with strychnine, which was used as a rat poison and medicinally as a stimulant of the central nervous system. It is suspected that somebody doctored the medicine because strychnine was rarely mistaken for anything else. Several people were suspected but no arrests were made. Winnie nearly died. Antidotes were administered and she survived, but even 11 days later Winnie was reportedly unable to make a statement to the authorities. This event may have had a long-term effect on her health.
Fred's mother has not been found in the 1910 census. she was not with her children, her mother, or siblings. Fred was living in foster care in Portland, Oregon in the home of Samuel W. Scott, a widowed man and his daughters. It is not believed Mr. Scott was related to Fred. It is suspected Fred's mother's physical health or mental health required Fred be placed in care outside the home, but it is curious that he was living in Portland, so far from his hometown and extended family members. During that same (1900) census, Fred's brothers Stewart (age 16), Bloom (20), and Rolla (21) were living together in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Their mother was not with them. All three were single. Bloom and Rolla were working as laborers, but 16 year old Stewart was not working or attending school.
It is not known what became of Stewart after 1910. It is believed he died before 1918 when he would have been expected to have completed the World War I draft registration. No registration has been found for him. Fred's mother died on 9/10/1912 at the age of 42. She was buried near her husband at the Keno Cemetery in Klamath County.
As an adult Fred was slender, of medium height with blue eyes and brown hair. He was single all his life. When his World War I draft registration was completed in 1918 he was 21 living in Bend, Deschutes County in central Oregon where he was a farm laborer. He named his uncle John Richard Clemmens in Siskiyou County, in northern California as his nearest relative. John was the husband of Fred's aunt Helen (Reed) Clemmens, the younger sister of Fred's mother.
Fred's brother Rolla (age 27) completed the draft registration in 1917 while living in Red Bluff, California. He was single and working as a "traveling carpenter" for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Rolla served in Company H of the 62nd Infantry from 1917 - 1919 and later re-enlisted.
Fred's brother Bloom completed the draft registration in 1917. At that time he was living in Weed in northern California where he was a sheet metal worker for the Weed Lumber Company. Bloom was living with his first wife Bertha M. (Gretner) Ramsey who he had married in January 1913.
In 1919 Fred was diagnosed with diabetes. At that time insulin was not available. It was first used on an experimental basis in 1922. By the time of the 1920 census (taken in January), Fred was no longer in Bend but was living in Siskiyou County, California with his Uncle John and Aunt Helen Clemmens. Fred was working as a farm laborer on his uncle's farm. Meanwhile Fred's brother Rolla was serving in the US Army in the 28th Balloon Company Air Service. He was enrolled in the Balloon School in Lee Hall, near Newport News, Virginia. The train school operated in the summer of 1920 training soldiers for deployment to Central and South America service. During the 1920 census Fred's brother Bloom was living with his wife Bertha in San Francisco where he worked in a sheet metal shop.
In July 1921 Fred was a patient at the Klamath County Hospital. On 7/11/1921 he fled from the hospital and headed to his uncle's home in northern California. Initially there were fears the "fugitive might commit suicide." After he was spotted in California the Klamath County Hospital superintendent told a news reporter the hospital would make no effort to find Fred and that he (the superintendent) was "well satisfied to let the California indigent funds support Ramsey for a while." About a week later, on 7/20/1921 Fred was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for only 19 days he died there of diabetes on 8/8/1921. He was just 3 weeks from his 24th birthday. No autopsy was performed. Five days later his body was cremated. One hundred years later Fred was buried with his parents at the Keno Cemetery.
Fred was survived by several relatives. His aunt Helen Clemmens died in California on 2/19/1924. His uncle John Clemmens died on 4/13/1926. Fred's brother Rolla married Elsie (Cross) Gordon in the 1920s. She had children by her previous marriage but she and Rolla had no children together. Rolla died in San Francisco on 7/18/1934. He was buried at the Keno Cemetery with his parents. Fred's maternal grandmother, Mary Henrietta (Hinman) Reed died in Oakland, California in 1935. In the 1920s, Fred's brother Bloom married Helenclare Watson. They had a child, Helenclare, in 1924. Bloom married Hazel Mae Mattheisen in 1946. On 11/24/1952 Bloom was driving his car near Medford, Oregon, pull off to the side of the road. and died of a heart attack. He had been a prominent businessman and community leader in northern California and southern Oregon.
Fred Lakewood Ramsey's cremated remains were not initially taken after his death and were available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. In September 2019 the family received the ashes. Fred's great niece then arranged to have his ashes buried along with a headstone in the Keno Cemetery in 1921, one hundred years following Fred's death, next to his father William Ramsey (1846-1898), his mother Winnie Reed Ramsey (1869-1912), and his brothers Rolla Ramsey (1889-1934) and Solomon Ramsey (1889-1889).
More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Fred was born on 8/28/1897 in Keno, Klamath County, in southern Oregon near the California-Oregon border. His mother, Winnie E. Reed, was born in California in 1869. His father William R. Ramsey was born in 1846 in Ohio. William served in the 113th Ohio Infantry. William received a government land patent homestead in Klamath County that encompassed about 400 acres and was located near the Klamath River and current-day Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Winnie & William were married in Klamath County on 6/24/1889.
They had 4 sons (all born in Oregon) including: Rolla Revel (in August 1889), Bloomfield Byard "Bloom" (April 1891), W. Stewart (June 1895) and Fred (August 1897). Shortly after Fred's first birthday, his father died in a buggy accident on 10/29/1898 at the age of 52 on 10/29/1898 at the age of 29 and was buried in Keno, Klamath County. It is interesting to note that the back of William's headstone is engraved with the name Solomon Ramsey who died in 1889 when he was 4 days old. It is believed Solomon was William's son and Rolla's twin.
In January 1899, shortly after his dad died, Fred's mother started receiving a military widow's pension. At the time of the 1900 census Fred was 2 years old living with his widowed mother, 3 brothers in Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. His mother's occupation was listed as a farmer.
At least by 1903 Fred's mother was living in Picard, California a short distance south of Keno, Oregon. It seems her health may have been compromised. In June 1903 she spent time at the Klamath Hot Springs hotel which touted their facility as a "cure for rheumatism, skin diseases and all stomach troubles." Her health problems may have predated or been related to an incident that happened when she was about 19. On the evening of 7/11/1888 in Keno, a year before Fred's parents were married, Winnie Reed began having seizures 4 hours after taking some medication. It was later determined the "medication" was laced with strychnine, which was used as a rat poison and medicinally as a stimulant of the central nervous system. It is suspected that somebody doctored the medicine because strychnine was rarely mistaken for anything else. Several people were suspected but no arrests were made. Winnie nearly died. Antidotes were administered and she survived, but even 11 days later Winnie was reportedly unable to make a statement to the authorities. This event may have had a long-term effect on her health.
Fred's mother has not been found in the 1910 census. she was not with her children, her mother, or siblings. Fred was living in foster care in Portland, Oregon in the home of Samuel W. Scott, a widowed man and his daughters. It is not believed Mr. Scott was related to Fred. It is suspected Fred's mother's physical health or mental health required Fred be placed in care outside the home, but it is curious that he was living in Portland, so far from his hometown and extended family members. During that same (1900) census, Fred's brothers Stewart (age 16), Bloom (20), and Rolla (21) were living together in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Their mother was not with them. All three were single. Bloom and Rolla were working as laborers, but 16 year old Stewart was not working or attending school.
It is not known what became of Stewart after 1910. It is believed he died before 1918 when he would have been expected to have completed the World War I draft registration. No registration has been found for him. Fred's mother died on 9/10/1912 at the age of 42. She was buried near her husband at the Keno Cemetery in Klamath County.
As an adult Fred was slender, of medium height with blue eyes and brown hair. He was single all his life. When his World War I draft registration was completed in 1918 he was 21 living in Bend, Deschutes County in central Oregon where he was a farm laborer. He named his uncle John Richard Clemmens in Siskiyou County, in northern California as his nearest relative. John was the husband of Fred's aunt Helen (Reed) Clemmens, the younger sister of Fred's mother.
Fred's brother Rolla (age 27) completed the draft registration in 1917 while living in Red Bluff, California. He was single and working as a "traveling carpenter" for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Rolla served in Company H of the 62nd Infantry from 1917 - 1919 and later re-enlisted.
Fred's brother Bloom completed the draft registration in 1917. At that time he was living in Weed in northern California where he was a sheet metal worker for the Weed Lumber Company. Bloom was living with his first wife Bertha M. (Gretner) Ramsey who he had married in January 1913.
In 1919 Fred was diagnosed with diabetes. At that time insulin was not available. It was first used on an experimental basis in 1922. By the time of the 1920 census (taken in January), Fred was no longer in Bend but was living in Siskiyou County, California with his Uncle John and Aunt Helen Clemmens. Fred was working as a farm laborer on his uncle's farm. Meanwhile Fred's brother Rolla was serving in the US Army in the 28th Balloon Company Air Service. He was enrolled in the Balloon School in Lee Hall, near Newport News, Virginia. The train school operated in the summer of 1920 training soldiers for deployment to Central and South America service. During the 1920 census Fred's brother Bloom was living with his wife Bertha in San Francisco where he worked in a sheet metal shop.
In July 1921 Fred was a patient at the Klamath County Hospital. On 7/11/1921 he fled from the hospital and headed to his uncle's home in northern California. Initially there were fears the "fugitive might commit suicide." After he was spotted in California the Klamath County Hospital superintendent told a news reporter the hospital would make no effort to find Fred and that he (the superintendent) was "well satisfied to let the California indigent funds support Ramsey for a while." About a week later, on 7/20/1921 Fred was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for only 19 days he died there of diabetes on 8/8/1921. He was just 3 weeks from his 24th birthday. No autopsy was performed. Five days later his body was cremated. One hundred years later Fred was buried with his parents at the Keno Cemetery.
Fred was survived by several relatives. His aunt Helen Clemmens died in California on 2/19/1924. His uncle John Clemmens died on 4/13/1926. Fred's brother Rolla married Elsie (Cross) Gordon in the 1920s. She had children by her previous marriage but she and Rolla had no children together. Rolla died in San Francisco on 7/18/1934. He was buried at the Keno Cemetery with his parents. Fred's maternal grandmother, Mary Henrietta (Hinman) Reed died in Oakland, California in 1935. In the 1920s, Fred's brother Bloom married Helenclare Watson. They had a child, Helenclare, in 1924. Bloom married Hazel Mae Mattheisen in 1946. On 11/24/1952 Bloom was driving his car near Medford, Oregon, pull off to the side of the road. and died of a heart attack. He had been a prominent businessman and community leader in northern California and southern Oregon.
More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Fred was born on 8/28/1897 in Keno, Klamath County, in southern Oregon near the California-Oregon border. His mother, Winnie E. Reed, was born in California in 1869. His father William R. Ramsey was born in 1846 in Ohio. William served in the 113th Ohio Infantry. William received a government land patent homestead in Klamath County that encompassed about 400 acres and was located near the Klamath River and current-day Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Winnie & William were married in Klamath County on 6/24/1889.
They had 4 sons (all born in Oregon) including: Rolla Revel (in August 1889), Bloomfield Byard "Bloom" (April 1891), W. Stewart (June 1895) and Fred (August 1897). Shortly after Fred's first birthday, his father died in a buggy accident on 10/29/1898 at the age of 52 on 10/29/1898 at the age of 29 and was buried in Keno, Klamath County. It is interesting to note that the back of William's headstone is engraved with the name Solomon Ramsey who died in 1889 when he was 4 days old. It is believed Solomon was William's son and Rolla's twin.
In January 1899, shortly after his dad died, Fred's mother started receiving a military widow's pension. At the time of the 1900 census Fred was 2 years old living with his widowed mother, 3 brothers in Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. His mother's occupation was listed as a farmer.
At least by 1903 Fred's mother was living in Picard, California a short distance south of Keno, Oregon. It seems her health may have been compromised. In June 1903 she spent time at the Klamath Hot Springs hotel which touted their facility as a "cure for rheumatism, skin diseases and all stomach troubles." Her health problems may have predated or been related to an incident that happened when she was about 19. On the evening of 7/11/1888 in Keno, a year before Fred's parents were married, Winnie Reed began having seizures 4 hours after taking some medication. It was later determined the "medication" was laced with strychnine, which was used as a rat poison and medicinally as a stimulant of the central nervous system. It is suspected that somebody doctored the medicine because strychnine was rarely mistaken for anything else. Several people were suspected but no arrests were made. Winnie nearly died. Antidotes were administered and she survived, but even 11 days later Winnie was reportedly unable to make a statement to the authorities. This event may have had a long-term effect on her health.
Fred's mother has not been found in the 1910 census. she was not with her children, her mother, or siblings. Fred was living in foster care in Portland, Oregon in the home of Samuel W. Scott, a widowed man and his daughters. It is not believed Mr. Scott was related to Fred. It is suspected Fred's mother's physical health or mental health required Fred be placed in care outside the home, but it is curious that he was living in Portland, so far from his hometown and extended family members. During that same (1900) census, Fred's brothers Stewart (age 16), Bloom (20), and Rolla (21) were living together in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Their mother was not with them. All three were single. Bloom and Rolla were working as laborers, but 16 year old Stewart was not working or attending school.
It is not known what became of Stewart after 1910. It is believed he died before 1918 when he would have been expected to have completed the World War I draft registration. No registration has been found for him. Fred's mother died on 9/10/1912 at the age of 42. She was buried near her husband at the Keno Cemetery in Klamath County.
As an adult Fred was slender, of medium height with blue eyes and brown hair. He was single all his life. When his World War I draft registration was completed in 1918 he was 21 living in Bend, Deschutes County in central Oregon where he was a farm laborer. He named his uncle John Richard Clemmens in Siskiyou County, in northern California as his nearest relative. John was the husband of Fred's aunt Helen (Reed) Clemmens, the younger sister of Fred's mother.
Fred's brother Rolla (age 27) completed the draft registration in 1917 while living in Red Bluff, California. He was single and working as a "traveling carpenter" for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Rolla served in Company H of the 62nd Infantry from 1917 - 1919 and later re-enlisted.
Fred's brother Bloom completed the draft registration in 1917. At that time he was living in Weed in northern California where he was a sheet metal worker for the Weed Lumber Company. Bloom was living with his first wife Bertha M. (Gretner) Ramsey who he had married in January 1913.
In 1919 Fred was diagnosed with diabetes. At that time insulin was not available. It was first used on an experimental basis in 1922. By the time of the 1920 census (taken in January), Fred was no longer in Bend but was living in Siskiyou County, California with his Uncle John and Aunt Helen Clemmens. Fred was working as a farm laborer on his uncle's farm. Meanwhile Fred's brother Rolla was serving in the US Army in the 28th Balloon Company Air Service. He was enrolled in the Balloon School in Lee Hall, near Newport News, Virginia. The train school operated in the summer of 1920 training soldiers for deployment to Central and South America service. During the 1920 census Fred's brother Bloom was living with his wife Bertha in San Francisco where he worked in a sheet metal shop.
In July 1921 Fred was a patient at the Klamath County Hospital. On 7/11/1921 he fled from the hospital and headed to his uncle's home in northern California. Initially there were fears the "fugitive might commit suicide." After he was spotted in California the Klamath County Hospital superintendent told a news reporter the hospital would make no effort to find Fred and that he (the superintendent) was "well satisfied to let the California indigent funds support Ramsey for a while." About a week later, on 7/20/1921 Fred was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for only 19 days he died there of diabetes on 8/8/1921. He was just 3 weeks from his 24th birthday. No autopsy was performed. Five days later his body was cremated. One hundred years later Fred was buried with his parents at the Keno Cemetery.
Fred was survived by several relatives. His aunt Helen Clemmens died in California on 2/19/1924. His uncle John Clemmens died on 4/13/1926. Fred's brother Rolla married Elsie (Cross) Gordon in the 1920s. She had children by her previous marriage but she and Rolla had no children together. Rolla died in San Francisco on 7/18/1934. He was buried at the Keno Cemetery with his parents. Fred's maternal grandmother, Mary Henrietta (Hinman) Reed died in Oakland, California in 1935. In the 1920s, Fred's brother Bloom married Helenclare Watson. They had a child, Helenclare, in 1924. Bloom married Hazel Mae Mattheisen in 1946. On 11/24/1952 Bloom was driving his car near Medford, Oregon, pull off to the side of the road. and died of a heart attack. He had been a prominent businessman and community leader in northern California and southern Oregon.
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