Birth date: Feb 24, 1952 Death date: Dec 28, 2025
Dan Scott Ramey (72), a pioneering hydrogeologist and steadfast father passed away restfully in his home in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, December 28th, 2025. He was known for his quick, clever humor, which made him the prankster of Read Obituary
We extend our deepest, heartfelt condolences to the Ramey family. Dan was a great friend and fun to be around. We enjoyed visiting with him in Tucson and we were often able to spend time together in Phoenix when he would visit—sometimes with Claire and Chloe. We talked about Wisconsin, food, life and occasionally work. Some of Dan’s happiest conversations were about his children and special occasions he shared about all his children. We miss him deeply.
-Nasser & Abeer Hamdan
I met Dan in 2005 when I started working for Phelps Dodge. To say he was a prankster is mild! We had a retreat at Copper Mountain in Colorado. Nothing much was open in the offseason, but the Starbucks. If you know Dan, he lives his coffee. However, me, well I love coffee, but I can’t tolerate caffeine well. Dan thought I was joking about the caffeine and ordered me a triple shot Americano iced. I drank about half of it and felt the sudden rush. I started to turn bright red and my heart was racing. He saw it. I quickly started to drink a lot of water to flush my system. He felt sooo bad, but like I said, he thought I was joking. We laughed about that numerous times over the years.
I would routinely go to Tucson to do MSHA training. Sometimes Dan was in it, but sometimes not. On the sometimes not, you knew he was going to bang on the walls. Evan though I knew it was coming, it would still startle the heck out of me. Then you had to laugh. It was just Dan being Dan!
I and my husband would go to pig roasts at Dan’s and take our granddaughter, she is the same age as his oldest younger daughter. They adored each other and laughed like crazy when they would get together and were good at including the youngest.
I have soooo many Dan stories, but even just doing these few is bringing tears to my eyes. I will miss you dearly my friend. May God hold you close and bless your family. Gone way to soon, but always in my heart.
Dan and I love to duck hunt. Dan had a golden retriever named Tavi and I had a labrador retriever named Gus. Those dogs retrieved many many ducks during our duck hunts. After one hunt, Dan and I decided to give the dogs a break. See picture below.
