- Date Of Birth: August 21, 1936
- Date Of Death: May 26, 2019
- State: Colorado
Daniel Schamberger, age 82, passed away from cancer on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at home in Denver with his family. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Veronica, his three daughters Julie Horowitz, Dana Nickless, and Monika Schamberger; two sons-in-law Bob Horowitz and Mark Nickless; and grandchildren Jake and Nate Horowitz, and Grace and Henry Nickless.
Dan was born in 1936, the youngest of 11 children in the small farming community of St. Peter, Kansas to Raymond and Barbara Schamberger. His father and mother’s family were part of the Volga German immigrants who settled in western Kansas.
Dan went to St. Joseph’s military academy for high school. He attended St. Mary’s of the Plains College in Dodge City for one year, then went to Pittsburgh State University where he received a degree in Education. He was the first in his family to receive a college degree.
After college, he was drafted into the Army and spent two years at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. After living in Kansas City, Dan moved to Denver, Colorado where he would settle and raise a family.
He worked at the Sears in Cherry Creek for 15 years, then went into the tire business. He owned an automotive repair shop on east Colfax Ave, Tune Tech Automotive, for 20 years.
