Daniel (Dan) Andrew Worley
Daniel (Dan) Andrew Worley, 57, died Friday, March 8, 2024, at Osborne County Memorial Hospital, Osborne, Kan.
Born Aug. 12, 1966, in Herington, Dan was the son of Richard and Mary Catherine Worley. He attended Abilene Public Schools where he honed his natural abilities in the Vo-Ag department, learning car repair, auto body, home construction, electrical, wiring and plumbing.
Dan began working as soon as he could, starting at Robo Car Wash and Bernie Collette’s dog farm in Abilene; then at a Texaco station in Hutchinson. After moving to Osborne, he was the co-owner and mechanic at Corner Cupboard before taking a mechanic position at Swank Standley Motors, was manager of S & W Supply in Osborne and then moved to Sims Fertilizer and Chemical in Osborne, where he was a jack of all trades, whether that included loading trucks, making deliveries, repairing vehicles and equipment and last year, he helped remodel the former Circle
Inn Restaurant after Sims purchased it and even spent time cooking there.
For a time he had his own DJ business, nicknamed DJ Jazzy Dan, and played at weddings, school dances and other events around the area.
Dan enjoyed rehabbing homes for his family or to sell with other investors. He spent a lot of time at the Osborne (newspaper) printing plant when it was in operation solving electrical and mechanical issues. Classic cars were his passion and he restored several vehicles for Joe Sims, helped dozens of others and happily provided insight to anyone who called him with a vehicle or home repair problem.
From childhood, Dan loved participating in sports, but his true passion was coaching: T-ball, coach-pitch, K-18 softball, flag football, junior high football and girls basketball. He spent 25 years coaching the Little Dawgs, the kids’ tackle football team in Osborne. He was the play-by-play announcer for the Osborne High School Bulldogs football team, did statistics and was on the chain gang. Dan also spent countless weekends preparing and working on Josh’s motorcycle during the 11 years Josh was involved with motorcross racing.
Dan married Sherrill Fischer of Abilene in 1988. They had two children, Joshua and Sasha, and later divorced in 2005. On Dec. 1, 2018, Dan married Lisette Michel in Osborne, adding her adult children Kelsey, Raegan and Madison to his family.
Family was everything to Dan. He loved nothing more than spending time with his children, grandchildren and extended family, whether it be holidays, birthdays, school concerts, games, going to the lake, cookouts or just hanging out. Dan never knew a stranger and loved to make people laugh.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Mary Catherine Worley.
Survivors include his wife Lisette, of the home; children, Josh Worley (Lyndie) of Osborne, Sasha Schultze (Clayton) of Osborne; stepchildren, Kelsey (Andrew) Clark of Beloit, Raegan (Phil) Shamburg of Salina and Madison (Bobby) Bliss of Downs; grandchildren, Carsyn, Kamdyn, Brodee and Briar Worley; Fischer, Fulton, Daxx and Christian Schultze; Reid, Noah and Maci Clark; Harlyne and Olson Shamburg; and Asher and Mia Bliss; sister, Kathy Hageman (Gary) of Abilene; brother, Dale Worley of Lincoln; and fur babies, Rucker, Razr, Daisy, Elle and Sabre.
The memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at the Kaser Track/Libery Field in Osborne. A lunch will follow at the Sims Event Center. Visitation for Dan will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 11 at the United Methodist Church, 105 N 3rd Street.
The family asks that anyone with a classic car drive it to the Memorial service in honor of Dan and asks everyone to wear their Chief ’s gear, classic car gear or any cutoff shirt because this is what Dan would have wanted. No ties!
Memorials are suggested to the Little Dawgs Football fund in care of Rentschler Family Mortuaries at 238 N. First Street, Osborne, KS 67473.