Zella Ramsby (Gridley)
April. 29, 1875-Nov. 19, 1961
Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 20, 1961, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Zella Ramsby, 86, 510 N. 5th St., died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in her home after several years of illness.
She was born April 29, 1875 in Richland. On Oct. 18, 1898, she was married to Casper Ramsby. In June of 1945, she moved to Niles from Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, the late George E. Gridley, was one of the guards of honor over President Lincoln's body while it lay in state in Washington and Baltimore in 1865.
Surviving besides her husband are a son, G. Russell Ramsby, Niles; and a daughter, Miss Virginia G. Ramsby, Niles; two grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
Private funeral services will be held at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home, Tuesday at 2 p.m. Rev. John P. MacaLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.