Ralph Hayward Webster

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Ralph was born on March 15th, 1898 in Sumner County, Kansas.  Ralph's father was Roswell Estridge Webster and his mother was Catherine (Cassie) Ann Teter.  His paternal grandparents were Elijah Franklin Webster and Mary Elizabeth Ridings; his maternal grandparents were George Parker Teter and Rachel Amanda McFerron. He had a brother and two sisters, named Roswell, Nona and Rachel.  He was the second oldest of the four children.  He died at the age of 99 on January 29th, 1998 in Caldwell, Kansas.  He was buried in Bayard Cemetery, southwest of Deer Creek, Oklahoma.

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  Obituary:
  LAMONT - Ralph Hayward Webster, pioneer Lamont/Deer Creek area resident, died early Thursday morning, Jan. 29, 1998, at the Sumner County Hospital in Caldwell, Kan. He was 99.
  
  The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Lamont First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Richard Leonard, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Bayard Cemetery in Deer Creek under the direction of Roberts and Son Funeral Home, Blackwell.
  
  Ralph Hayward Webster was born March 15, 1898, on a farm three miles east of Caldwell, Kan., to R. Estridge and Catherine "Cassie" (Teeter) Webster. In 1903, at the age of five years, he moved with his family in a horse-drawn wagon to a farm six miles southwest of Deer Creek. He attended Silver Hill School.
  
  He was married to Grace Reid on July 20, 1930, at the Charley Reid homestead, northeast of Deer Creek. During the Great Depression he moved with his family to Elbing, Kan., but later returned to the Deer Creek/Lamont area to farm. He also operated a service station in the Lamont/Deer Creek area, where he could often be found playing a game of checkers with his friends. Webster also played the violin. He was active in the Deer Creek Methodist Church until it closed. He later lived in Wakita.
  
  Survivors include four sons, James of Lamont, Kenneth of Garden City, Kan., Keith of Deer Creek, and Glenn of Lamont; 12 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; one brother Reo Webster; and two sisters, Edna Ellis and Rachel Webster.
  
  Casket bearers will be Gary Schuermann, Lonnie Schuermann, Jim Reese, Rod Reese, Max Reese, and Paul Kuehny.
  
  Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Webster's name to the Brazil Frontier Mission or to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Diabetes Research Fund, c/o Roberts Funeral Home, 120 West Padon, Blackwell, OK 74631.
  
  Another Obituary:
  RALPH HAYWARD WEBSTER
  DEER CREEK, OKLAHOMA - Ralph Hayward Webster, son of R. Estridge and Catherine "Cassie" Webster, was born March 15, 1898 on a farm three miles east of Caldwell, Kans. He died January 29, 1998 in the hospital at Caldwell, Kansas at the age of 99 years. Even though Ralph and his young family lived for six years near Elbing, KS during the Depression/WWII era, he spent most of his life in the Deer Creek-Lamont area.
  
  In 1903, at the age of five years, he and his parents and siblings moved in horse drawn wagons to a farm six miles southwest of the present day Deer Creek, Oklahoma. He attended eight grades at Silver Hill country school, a one-teacher school with approximately 30 to 35 students.
  
  July 20, 1930, he married Grace Reid at the Charley Reid homestead northeast of Deer Creek. To that union were born four sons, James Webster and Glenn Webster, Lamont, OK, Keith Webster, Deer Creek, OK, and Kenneth Webster, Garden City, KS.
  
  At an early age, Ralph gave his life to Christ and was an active member of the United Methodist Church. He exhibited strong integrity and unusual fairness; his word was his bond. He lived his unselfish life as a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and exemplary family man. He was also a farmer who loved the land, a service station operator, a hard-working neighbor, an avid checker player, and an entertaining musician who made humor an important part of his long life.
  
  Ralph was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, his brother and two sisters. He leaves four sons and their wives, twelve grandchildren, and eighteen great grandchildren in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Mato Grosso, Brazil to perpetuate the beloved legacy of Ralph and Grace Webster.
  
  Funeral services for Ralph H. Webster were held Saturday, January 31, 10:30 a.m., at the Lamont United Methodist Church, Lamont, Oklahoma. Designated memorials are the OMRF Diabetes Fund or the Brazil Frontier Mission Fund in care of Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, 120 W. Padon, Blackwell, OK 74631.

Details of Ralph's family with Grace Elizabeth Reid