Birth date: Jul 31, 1937 Death date: Mar 30, 2020
Dale's Farewell will be Friday, July 31st, 4:00 PM at St Cecelia Church, 2900 Hoover Avenue, Ames, Iowa. 3:00 PM - Family will meet in the social hall. 4:00 PM - Father Terry will escort the Family into the main body of the church Read Obituary
We just learned of Dale's passing. So very sorry of his passing and will be thinking of you and your family!
Dale, Class Reunions, Chicken Days and Parades will NEVER be the same without you. Wayne High School Class of 1957 loves and will miss you. Sandi Hughes '57
Coach.. you were the only coach in football that ever gave me a chance.. I will never forget you.. as a 130lb sophomore I probably didn't have any business playing football.. But that was my best/favorite year in sports I will ever have and I owe it all to you. RIP Coach.. Love You!
I fondly remember Mr. Tramp as our 9th grade football coach at ASHS. He was incredibly generous with his time and energy, and it was contagious! Under Mr. Tramp we found ourselves working hard and laughing together as a team. He helped us to become better men.
- George Burnet
Class of 78
Dale left lasting memories to so many in the Ames community. He will be missed.
Prayers and sympathy from the Stevermer family'
We moved to Ames in 1991 when our oldest son, Tom, started his sophomore year of high school. He was lucky to have Dale as his coach. What a wonderful transition Tom had to Ames High football. Our other two sons, Brad and Greg, also benefited from Dale's coaching. Dale left a lasting legacy not only for our sons but for many others. As fellow parents often said, the sophomore year of football was wonderful. Not only did Dale have many, many successful seasons coaching the sophomores, he had an amazing talent of including many players on his team and enabled team comaradery. Dale lives on in the memories of our sons and the many, many other teenagers and adults in Dale's life.
To the Tramp Family - So sorry to hear of Dale's passing. He was a delightful individual who was able to go about his life's work with a unique love and a passion whether coaching, being a friend or Dean of Students. He had the rare gift of administer discipline with a love that let everyone know that any punishment was not personal but resolved at correcting a choice or a behavior. He will me missed greatly by his numerous friends and the thousands of lives he so positively impacted!
Coach Tramp, what I wouldn’t give to play just one more game with you at the helm. To watch you storming up and down the sidelines, barking out plays and encouragement to the guys. To see your sly smile and a pat on the back as we returned to the sidelines was the ultimate reward for a series well played. To once more surround you with our helmets raised high after another victorious game and to watch you raise your fist in triumph. You were a man I admired and deeply respected, even when I got called to your office because of the occasional bad decision I made. Hahaha. Even in good times or bad, you made every kid feel like a champion. You weren’t just a Hall of Fame coach, you were a Hall of Fame mentor and friend. God bless you, Coach. You will forever live on in our hearts and memories.
#61 Tory Reimann
Nose tackle, Class of ‘94
My condolences to the family. My sons, 31 and 27, benefitted from Dales' service to the school system.I benefitted from our friendship over politics
I'm sorry for your loss. I saw him and his son at one of last ISU game this year. If it wasn't for Mr.Tramp I wouldn't got thru High school. Him and me had a very close relationship thru the yrs. I will miss him
