Daniel "Danny" Francis Gottschalk, 64, of Dwight Township, passed away peacefully on September 13, 2016 with his daughter, Carolyn, by his side at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

He was born in Bad Axe, Michigan on January 22, 1952 to the late Daniel C. and Alice L. (Lerash) Gottschalk.

Dan was a member of St. Edward the Confessor Church/ Annunciation of the Lord Parish in Kinde. He graduated from North Huron High School in 1970 then he attended business school in Saginaw. He was the office manager for the Kinde Co-Op for 44 years. Dan was also a past member of the usher's club at St. Edward's Church and a member of the Sons of American Legion. He was the treasurer for Dwight Township for twenty years.

Dan enjoyed listening to music: oldies and classic country. He was a big supporter of the Republican Party; an avid golfer, collected snowman, enjoyed watching Jeopardy and other trivia game shows, playing poker and Trivial Pursuit with his neighbors and friends, and loved his cats, Chumlee and Tallulah.

He is survived by his daughters, Megan Gottschalk of Oak Park and Carolyn (Brett) Beiser of Saginaw; grandson, Jakob Sera; sisters: Carol (Lynn) Bess, Judith (Ray) Guthrie, both from Bridgewater, Virginia and Colleen (Dan) Talaski of Bad Axe; brothers: Patrick (Judy) Gottschalk of Bad Axe, Dennis (Julie) Gottschalk of Port Austin and Robert (Pam) Gottschalk of Kinde; 15 nieces and nephews: David (Tina) Healy, Debbie (David) Patterson, Michael (Laura) Healy, Kim (Jeremy) Wisman, Anthony (Jessica) Gottschalk, Amanda (Paul) Nienaltowski, Penny (Keith) Ferreri, Sarah (Keith) Shelton, Shannon (Josh) Hicks, Tisha (Shaun) Johnson, Brandon Guthrie, Adam (Casey) Guthrie, Jaclyn Guthrie, Terry (Brandie) Talaski, and Scott (Liana) Talaski; 22 great nieces and nephews; uncle, Karl Byarski; special cousin, Mary and many other cousins.

Mass of Christian burial will be 10 am on Saturday, September 17th at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Kinde with Fr. Craig Carolyn officiating. Burial will be at St. Michael's Cemetery in Port Austin.

Visitation will be 2-8 pm on Friday, September 16th at the MacAlpine Gage Chapel in Kinde with a Scripture service at 7 pm. Visitation will also be at the church on Saturday from 9 am until time of service.

Memorials may be offered to the American Legion Post #499 in Port Austin or to the Family Discretionary Fund.

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