Verne and Doris Ramsey, Instructors
Verne and Doris
Ramsey are Van Buren County natives. They live just east of the
Village of Birmingham.
Verne worked as a production supervisor at John Deere employee and took
up beekeeping when he retired twenty years ago. He teaches beekeeping
classes for the Iowa Honey producers and honey bee emergency training
for fire departments and emergency personnel. He tries to maintain
twenty to thirty hives.
Doris is a homemaker, her hobbies are many with sewing and machine
embroidery being her favorite.
Their Chair Caning includes seven step
weaving, continuous wrap with ash splits, rush and also pressed-in type.
Also offered is a Flat Reed Chair
Caning class and Fiber Rush
Weave class. Vernie and Doris have been chair caning since 1972.
They also do honey bee presentations for groups such as schools, nursing
homes and civic organizations.
Instructors
Verne and Doris Ramsey