Daniel D. Schafer
Saturday, March 30, 1935
Date of Death:
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Age:
78 years old
Saturday, March 30, 1935
Date of Death:
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Age:
78 years old
Saturday, March 30, 1935
Date of Death:
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Age:
78 years old
Daniel D. Schafer
The funeral for Daniel Dean Schafer will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013 in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home with Pastor Linda Helberg officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Daniel Dean Schafer, 78, of Rochester, died Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Golden Living Nursing Care in Rochester after a lengthy battle with Parkinsons.
Dan was born on March 30, 1935 in Renville, Minnesota to Willard and Hazel Schafer. He graduated from Renville High School in 1953. On November 6, 1954 he married Barbara Benson in Granite Falls, Minnesota where they made their home. Dan owned and operated Dan’s Body Shop from 1959 until 1986 when they moved to Rochester, Minnesota after purchasing Pulver Towing where Dan worked until his retirement.
Dan loved racing stock cars, go carts and snowmobiles, watching sports, especially his children and grandchildren, snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, camping and NASCAR. While living in Granite Falls, Dan was a volunteer firefighter for 18 years, serving as Fire Chief for several years. He also served as an auxiliary policeman and taught youth firearms training and youth snowmobile training.
Dan is survived by his wife, Barb of Rochester, MN; daughters, Terri (Kevin) Peterson of Bigfork, MN and Julie (Steve) Foy of Brainerd, MN; son, Mark (Gwen) Schafer of Rochester, MN; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, David.
Macken Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences are welcome at www.mackenfuneralhome.com
Condolences
The family of Daniel D. Schafer has received the following condolences.
We have been doing business with the Shafer family along time.It was a pleasure knowing Dan.He was always so acommadating to our needs.Your family is in our thoughts and prayers at this very tough time of loosing a loved one. May God Bless you ALL.
Sorry to hear about your loss. Dan was a good man and will be miissed by many. I really enjoyed working with him over the years. He did a great job for us in the towing business and Mark has carried on the tradition very well. Our condolences go out to the entire family.
Sincerely,
Joe Kalis - Lawrence NationaLease
Dan will be missed by many, Our condolences to the family. We always enjoyed working with Dan and Mark and having coffee with them them at the the truck stop.
Rochester Cartage Inc.
Dean Nordsving Greg Reig
We are very sorry for your families loss. Zip's has known and done business with Dan for many years and he will truly be missed by everybody you could not have asked for a better guy. Bob and the guys in the shop sure loved talking with Dan whenever he brought a truck down to our shop. If there is anything at all we can do please do not hesitate to ask.
Zip's Truck Equipment, Inc