Brian Michael Schafer Obituary : Remembering My Brother

My brother and I in the past year.  RIP Brian Michael Schafer

A newspaper obituary just will not do.  It saddens me to report that Brian Michael Schafer, of Hanover PA and formerly Baltimore County Maryland passed away after a heart attack on the early morning of August 29, 2014.  He is survived by our Mother Barbara Schafer-Greer and our Father Ronald Greer, his daughter, Samantha Crandall and his son Brian M.A.D. Schafer.   Of course, he is also survived by me , his big brother and my wife Cindy.

Brian enjoyed life.

His passing came as a shock and a surprise to us all, for my baby brother Brian was invincible.  Brian loved life and took advantage of it every day.  In life he worked hard and played hard, and was a big hit with the ladies.  As a baby he cheated death because he was deemed a "blue baby" having experimental open heart surgery.   Just a few years back he survived a massive stroke that left his arm paralyzed and pulled through that. Recently he was losing weight so we had no reason to think the day of August 29th would be unlike any other. Our family called him "Superman."

Brian even went big on the dogs: he  had four dogs he loved, Abagail, Buford, Bryan and Chuckie.

Two Bros Making It Big

In the early days, we started Big Fat Daddy's together and Brian ran the pit beef stand on Route 40 and was responsible for our early publicity.  I still remember the old days of us building our stands together and found these great pictures to share.  We had a vision and we made it happen. 

We had visions of how we wanted things to look.

We spent our winters making stands to fit around the commercial foodservice equipment.

 

Later that vision became a reality.  Circa 1995, Big Fat Daddy's

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Please join me to pay your final respects, as Brian is doing one last tour :    



HIS VIEWING:
Thursday 9/4/14  2-4pm  and 5-6:30 pm
LOCATION:
Cvach Rosedale Funeral Home 1211 Chesaco Avenue Rosedale, MD 21237

At the family's request: 
Potted Plants are welcome, and donations for the care of his dogs. A Big Fat Tip Jar will be present.

#RIP my baby brother Brian Schafer My heart is broken Viewing tomorrow #RT @ScCaterers @baltimoresun @sraichlen http://t.co/5iUuKARW3i
— Wayne M. Schafer (@BigFatDaddys) September 3, 2014

Update: 12.15.14 Thanks for all your support, the dogs all have good homes and well, I sure do miss him. Special thanks to all who attended and the condolences. I always thought I'd go first, not my baby brother.It's been rough. - Wayne