DANIEL MARK SHIDELER

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DANIEL SHIDELER Obituary

DANIEL MARK SHIDELER, 50, of Elkhart, Ind., passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2011, 8:35 p.m., at his home. Born April 17, 1960, in Fort Wayne, he was the son of the late Howard H. and Marlene (Laux) Shideler. In 1982, he graduated from Ball State University and worked for Krause Publications, where he was the Editor of Gun Digest. He was a Member of the American Legion Band, Shrine Band and the Erie Lackawana Band. He is survived by daughter, Sarah Shideler of Muncie; two sons, Ted and John Shideler both of Muncie; brother, David Shideler of Fort Wayne; and two sisters, Linda Wood of Indianapolis and Karen Powell of Elkhart. Service will be held privately at a later date. Elkhart Cremation Service has been entrusted with the arrangements. Memorials, in Daniel's Memory, may be made to the Daniel Shideler Memorial Fund, John Philip Sousa Foundation Project c/o Indiana Members Credit Union, 7110 West 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46214

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Published by Fort Wayne Newspapers on Apr. 7, 2011.

Memories and Condolences
for DANIEL SHIDELER

11 Entries

C. Rodney James

April 14, 2019

He came like a blessing into my life. I'd had spats with editors, some actually swiped my ideas and gave them to others. I had a book sitting at the printers and the company folded. Then I met Dan. He knew my writing and liked it. It was as if we had known each other for years. He was twenty years younger, I thought I would be working with him for the rest off my writing life. A wonderful editor and friend painfully missed

April 14, 2011

Dan was a wonderful person to work with. I had had some rather bad experiences with previous editors at GUN DIGEST. Then Dan came along. He knew and appreciated my writing and got me an excellent deal on two of my books. He drove from Goshen over to Our cottage on Lake James in Steuben Co., to meet with me personally. I've NEVER had an editor do something like that. We talked guns and writing. His knowledge was encyclopedic. How great it is to work with someone like that.
Dan also had a wonderful wry sense of humor which kept both of us laughing even when problems arose.

In view of the fact he was far younger than I am, I was looking forward to a long working relationship. I'm sure F+W publishing will find a "replacement", but a guy like Dan can never be replaced. I will never understand why such good relationships have to be so damnably short.

C. Rodney James, Author THE GUN DIGEST BOOK OF THE .22 RIFLE, THE ABC's OF RELOADING 9TH ED.

Kristin Gumbert

April 13, 2011

We are so sorry for your family's loss, David and Rebecca.

Love in P.E.O.,

Diane and Kristin Gumbert

Kelly Sutherland

April 12, 2011

It was so sad to hear of Dan passing. I did not have the pleasure of meeting him, but as a devoted reader of Dan's work in Gun List/Gun Digest I saw something of myself and my experiences in every article that I read. Dan's writing was the highlight of my Gun List experience. Myself, a fellow lover of obscure and unusual guns I got the pleasure of seeing the hobbie I love through kindred eyes.
I was proud for Dan when he received his dream job as the Gun Digest Annual Editor. He explained the experience of him and his brother pouring over the annual as children and it made me laugh because I used to do the same thing as a youth.
I want you to know that Dan has touched more people than you can possibly imagine.

Marsha Rockey

April 12, 2011

As a high school band mate and prom date, I can tell you that we have lost and amazingly creative musician and linguist. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We'll miss you Dan!

Tom Caceci

April 8, 2011

I was saddened to hear of Dan's passing at such a young age. He had recruited me as a writer for his publications and I was grateful to him for giving me the opportunity. His contributions to the shooting and firearms field were legion and he will be sorely missed. Sic transit gloria mundi!

Jeff Bell

April 7, 2011

May God be with all of the Shideler family during this time of sorrow.

John Stasnek

April 7, 2011

The firearms community has lost a true friend!

Evelyn Kleeman

April 7, 2011

I worked with Dan at Innotek. What a great guy who cared deeply about his co-workers. Dan, you had one of the most creative minds I ever encountered. Your creativity inspired me! The only man I knew who could wear a pink blazer and look manly doing it!

Peggy Nielson

April 7, 2011

I am a former co-worker of Marlene at GTE. She was a wonderful person and I would like her family to accept my sympathy.

Jack Cantrell

April 7, 2011

Just moments ago, Dan & I traded a couple of paperbacks in our high school english class. He traded me his copy of a book of limericks by Isaac Asimov (who could ever forget the musical talents of the young lady from South Carolina?) and I traded him my copy of "Rude Jokes" by H Allen Smith. Dan had a special way with words. Like Hemingway, Twain (and of course, Smith) Dan used simple words -- words that every child knows, and he used them to build enduring and delightful images. "The Batmobile of Remingtons" is a perfectly understandable concept -- rendered in a perfectly unusual phrase. I leave it to the reader to "google" that treasure. You'll be better for it. Trading jokes with Dan was one of the great pleasures and privileges of my youth, and I'm sure I'm in no small way alone in feeling (in his absence) like the leftover half of a pair of bookends. Dan was (and continues to be) the only person I can even imagine who could look natural in a 3-piece suit at age 16. I assumed (at the time) that he must have been "born 50 years old" -- which would make him over 100 now. Well done, Dan -- well done.

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