Ben Clark Scheible

Ben was an athlete, a teacher, an attorney, and most importantly, a Dad. Ben was born in Marshall, Michigan in 1953 before his family moved to Lincoln Village, Ohio and then Rocklin, California. Ben graduated from Oakmont High School in Rocklin, where he is a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame. After high school, he attended Stanford University, where he ran track and graduated with distinction with a degree in Political Science. He went on to earn his law degree from McGeorge School of Law and practiced in California for several years. Frustrated with only being able to practice law and never being allowed to actually do it, he left his career as an attorney in 1995.
Ben found his true calling as an "edutainer," which is a professional entertainer whose venue happens to be a classroom and whose act includes teaching an entire class during his performance. He was a skilled edutainer who earned accolades from students and colleagues, including numerous Teacher of the Year Awards. His act also included regular updates on his daughters and their accomplishments. Some might say he bragged about his kids, and they would be correct.
Ben loved history, abandoned buildings, dad jokes, tv marathons, and all-you-can-eat buffets. With various members of his family, he enjoyed exploring Nevada's ghost towns, the monuments in Washington, D.C., and countless historical markers. He was never lost, just exploring.
Ben is survived by his daughters and grandchildren Melanie Scheible, Kimmy Scheible Ambrose (granddaughter Brienna), and Danielle Lemke(grandchildren Alyssa and Wesley), as well as his sisters, Debby Richter and Barbara Puett, and his nieces and their families, Krista, Josh, Brooke, Emma, Kayleen, and Otto.
A celebration of life will be held at Mountain View Mortuary at 425 Stoker Avenue, Reno, NV on Saturday May 18th at 3:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to symbolically adopt a tiger in Ben's honor through the World Wildlife Fund https://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/gifts/Species-Adoptions/Tiger.aspx or to support the establishment of the Nevada Neuro-Degenerative Diseases Registry as established through Nevada Senate Bill 390 of the 82nd Session, by contributing to the Parkinson Support Center of Northern Nevada https://www.pscnn.org/join-us