Benjamin Gregg Ramey

Benjamin Ramey

1997 - 2024

- Live ... in Love and Light -

Benjamin Gregg Ramey was born in Rockville, MD on May 14th, 1997. In his beautiful 27 years of life, he touched many lives with love and light. He graduated from Rockville High School in 2015 and went on to study marketing and business analytics at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. He graduated in 2019 with his BA.

After a long and difficult struggle with various illnesses, our beloved Ben died by his own hand early in the afternoon on Saturday, October 12th.

He is survived by his parents, Jennifer and David Ramey, his sister, Maddie Ramey, eight aunts and uncles and eight cousins.

Ben was hilarious, Ben was so smart, Ben felt things deeply. Ben loved his friends and they loved him back. Ben was the cherished "Bub" of his family, the jokester, the sneaky and beloved baby of the family. Ben loved music, Ben taught kids how to play tennis, Ben loved sleeping late and Ben had a gigantic head that his cousin Will once said must contain two brains. It is, of course, impossible to summarize his life in this little box. His memory will live on in the stories we tell about him and in the moments that have not yet happened, but will happen, where we will wish more than anything that he was there, and he will not be.

He charged us not to remember him by his struggles but rather to Live ... in Love and Light.

He lives now in Heaven, in peace ... caressed by pure love and pure light.

Please share photos and videos of our Bub here:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/QTk6n6twaXEfmcWM7

We will have a Catholic Mass of Christian Burial followed by a reception, to celebrate and honor Ben's life on Saturday, November 16th.

We will have food, drinks, music and an open mic for anyone who wants to share a memory of Ben. Ben was full of love and light, and we want to uplift his memory with kind words, funny stories, tears, and so, so much love.

Schedule for Saturday, November 16th:

-12:30pm-1:00pm: Visitation with Words of Remembrance from the family at 12:45pm at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church.

-1:00pm-2:00pm: Mass of Christian Burial at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church.

-2:15pm-4:30pm: Celebration of Life at Glenview Mansion/Rockville Civic Center.

(Approximately 2:45pm: Songs, Remarks and Open Mic.)

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the American Society for Suicide Prevention at this link https://supporting.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.personalCampaign&participantID=3224568

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If you know of someone in crisis, then please: Call or text 988 or text TALK to 741741.

Addresses:

-Saint Patrick's Catholic Church: 4101 Norbeck Rd, Rockville, MD 20853

-Glenview Mansion/Rockville Civic Center: 603 Edmonston Drive,

Rockville, MD 20851