Life sketch Taken from the Funeral
Bulletin
The Bible says that each life is truly
a gift from God. Today we as family and friends are honoring the life
of Ryan Scott Schierling as a reminder to never take life for granted
and to cherish the time you have with the ones you love, ?Til you
can?t!
On April 5th, 1989 at 7:15pm, Ryan
Scott Schierling entered this world as a gift from God to Duane A.
and Jill R. (Westbrook) Schierling in Newton, KS. He was welcomed
home by his older sisters, Megan Marie Hein (7 years older) and
Melissa Kay Enns (4 years older).
When he was only 5 years old his mom
said that Ryan was full of energy, very strong willed, and had a mind
of his own. These are the traits that reflected in his career moves
as Ryan stated to Mel, he was building his resume to improve his
family?s life and to make a difference in this world! Ryan really
stressed about how crazy this world had become! Trump! 2024. Let?s
Go Brandon!
Ryan?s love for Agriculture started
with his father working as a live-stock nutritionist. Those career
moves were: Klassen Dairy, Cooperative Grain and Supply (obtained
licensure for Commercial Pesticide), Crop Production Services as a
Custom Applicator, went back to Cooperative Grain and Supply as a
Custom Applicator, he was encouraged by an acquaintance to be a
Sprayer Diesel Technician at Land Diesel Inc. this is where his love
for Challenger?s equipment derived from, his last career move was
to McPherson Area Solid Waste Utility as a Mechanic. That concludes
Ryan?s career resume.
Significant moments in Ryan?s Life:
Birth of his first daughter Adelyn Jo
Winter on September 14th 2007.
Trip with his dad to Oberlin, KS to
pickup a chocolate lab that he named after the brand of mud tires on
his truck, Dayton Timberline. Dayton comforted his dad during his
battle with esophageal cancer in 2009, that took his life, a
traumatic event for Ryan.
Ryan met the love of his life, Mellissa
Scott in 2012. On Christmas Eve of 2013, as much as they loved each
other Ryan asked for Mel?s hand in marriage. As a result of their
love for one another, they welcomed Haley Ann into this world on
March 3rd 2014.
Learning how to fish for bluecats from
Randal, they went on a guided night fishing trip at Milford Lake.
Randal was a significant influence on Ryan purchasing a V-Cat 200
SeaArk Boat. This lead to our families annual fishing trips to
Milford. Ryan and Mel was always with each other from the morning
they woke up until they went to bed. Their weekends were full of
everyday life but always made an attempt to do fun things. Anyone who
knew them, knew that the whole family would be there because they
couldn?t live without each other.
Ryan took on a skill he learned from
his father of butchering hogs and processing his own meat. Ryan and
his wife Mel made it an annual winter project. Hoping that Haley
would follow in her dad?s footsteps. Ryan loved to be creative and
unique when creating his own chicken coop. His love of cooking lead
him to create many spicy meats from the wild. Ryan added ?the spice
to life? for he, Mel, Haley, and Adi.
Another life changing event happened in
the summer of 2020 when his mother passed away from having heart
failure. He made sure his family at home was taken care of but also
made sure his mom was taken care of as well.
Even though the death of his mother was
still heavy on him, Mel proposed to Ryan on Christmas Eve of 2021,
she loved him dearly and wanted to get this marriage going. She re-in
acted the same way Ryan proposed to her back in 2013. It was an
emotional time since the two of them wanted to get it finalized.
Ryan cared deeply about the friendships
he had with: Randal, Dakota, Travis, Wade, Fooster, Brice, Chris,
Tyler, Levi, JJ and Brett. He frequently made it a point to check in
on his friends and their families, even if it occurred late in the
evening and may have had a drink or 2 under his belt and would be a
?Chatty Cathy?! Many of us will miss those late night check-in
calls from Ryan and would end with: ?you take care?, ?until we
talk again?, or just ?love ya man!?
Ryan left us unexpectedly on March 27th
2022. May we find comfort in him entering his eternal life with his
mother, father, and grandmother as they are welcoming him into their
arms once again! Those left to carry on his memory and his love of
the great outdoors are: his wife Mellissa, and two daughters Adelyn
Jo Winter, Haley Ann Schierling, along with sisters Megan (Nick)
Hein, Melissa (Dustin) Enns, parent-in-laws Calvin and Stephaney
Scott, and numerous nieces and nephews and 1 chocolate lab along with
many close friends.
Ryan would say to us all- ?Until we
talk again, remember to always prepare yourself for anything in
life!? Thank you Ryan, for the memories, laughs, adventures, and
most of all Thanks for being you! Until we me again, we love you Ryan
Scott and cheers to you on what would have been your 33rd birthday.
