Ken Ramsay was born on Easter, April 25, 1943, in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He spent his entire childhood living in Walpole, New Hampshire with his parents and grandparents. After graduating from high school he joined the United States Army security agency. He served in Turkey and Europe and received an honorary discharge with military awards while in Europe. He remained in Europe working and traveling in the military communications field with private companies and later return to United States in 1966. He worked in the Boston area, Cape Cod, and New Jersey, and electronics while attending Northeastern University evening program in engineering. He later returned to overseas employment in Greenland, Mexico, and Central America. He also held a first class FCC license in communications and radar. He returned to the United States again and relocated to Colorado in 1970, attending University of Northern Colorado. He earned a BS in business finance in 1972 and also completed several post graduate courses in various fields of business, business brokerage, and manufacturing.

During college, he worked as a bartender in a local delivery truck driver. After college, he worked with Lynch material handling, in sales, fabrication and installations, and Teilhaber manufacturing as a general manager. Later in 1996 to 2003 he was self-employed as a certified business broker with the front Range business brokers. From 2003 on he would return to New Hampshire seasonally to his New Hampshire roots to work and maintain the family farm and land. He enjoyed many pursuits in life, traveling, wilderness camping in the western United States and Canada, backpacking, hiking, canoeing, white water rafting, and photography. He liked to share his interests with his family.