Timothy Ramirez 1954-2016
Timothy Charles “Wap ship shi” Ramirez, 62, Mayetta, died Saturday, July 23, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
He was born April 17, 1954, in Holton, the son of Tomas Ramirez and Maxine M. Nozhackum. He had lived on the Prairie Band Reservation all of his life.
Mr. Ramirez served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War with the 82nd Airborne Division. He worked for Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation as road and bridge director for more than 27 years.
He was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and We-Ta-Se American Legion Post 410.
He married Jackie Mitchell on March 28, 1991 in Las Vegas, Nev. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Angela Wahquahboshkuk Mosqueda, Topeka; a son, Joe Wishteyah, Mayetta; four sisters, Linda Tecumseh, Mayetta, Beatrice Ramirez, Taos, N.M., Brenda Nozhackum, Mayetta, and Rita Ramirez, Horton; a grandson, Kehdemko Tyler Bell; a granddaughter, Kishno Bell; and a great-grandson, Drayden Bell. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Clint Wahquahboshkuk; three brothers, Thomas A. Ramirez, Merlin Ramirez and Rueben Ramirez; and a sister, Angie Ramirez.
Dinner and wake services will be held this evening at Nozhackum Hall west of Mayetta. Family and friends will follow in procession at 10 a.m. Tuesday to Mitchell Cemetery for burial with military honors. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is in charge of arrangements.
