Daniel Scheltema

Daniel "Dan" Henry Scheltema, age 66, of Florida, passed away April 5, 2023. Dan grew up in Brazil on the Amazon River, where his father, Hank Scheltema, was a missionary pilot. His family moved to College Park, Georgia, when Dan was in high school. He graduated from Colonial Hills Christian School in 1972 and earned a scholarship to Georgia Tech. He later transferred to Georgia State University where he received his BA degree in Computer Science. From an early age, Dan had a love of poetry and writing. Later in life he attended the University of Chicago, where he earned his MA degree in English Literature. He was an accomplished author and a published poet both in the United States and Amsterdam.
Dan had many jobs over the years but was mostly self-employed. His last job was doing sub-contract work for the United States Government in Washington DC as a Cyber Security Analyst. After retiring, he moved from Alpharetta, Georgia to Northeast Florida to pursue his interest as a regenerative farmer. He also raised chickens and grew fruit trees. Dan was an avid "gamer" and a video game critic, and well known in gaming circles as @vonsch (Dan S)#1997. He also enjoyed the outdoors, and his favorite past time was fishing.
He was preceded in death by his father, Herwin Henry "Hank" Scheltema.
He is survived by his mother: Ruth Scheltema; sisters and brothers-in-law: Kisti Wright, Kimberly and Allen Yoder, Linda and David Teekell, Kanda and Chuck Way and Kay and Stephen Bonikowsky; many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.
A graveside service will be held on Monday, April 10th, in the Scheltema Family Cemetery in Concord, Georgia.