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Ron Schaap, A well respected man in the Dairy Industry. Always looked forward to seeing him at World Dairy Expo and other Dairy Events. Ron we will miss you. Our Sympathy to you Jean, and your family, God Bless, Fritz and Ruthi Holschbach

I have memories of our friend Ronnie as early as 5 years old when our family would visit from Lakeside. It was my privilege, along with hundreds of other 4-H'ers in Sheboygan County, to be coached by Ronnie. Among my favorite memories was his annual challenge to the team, "I'll take everyone out for steak dinner at Quella's (a local favorite) if you win the contest." (an entire team of 10) Well... our team won twice as Jr. and three times as Sr. In our championship year he confidently told us before the contest that he had already made the reservations! During the most successful years for the Pinehurst show string, the group traveled tens of thousands of miles and one year produced three DIFFERENT champions at all three national shows. They were cared for by a very talented team on the road, many have gone on to be Klussendorf Award recipients. But it is my belief that all would point to Ronnie as the biggest reason for their success, the guy at home with them 365 days a year! He was a great cow man, but to me an even better friend. RIP Coach

Amen Dan. You summed up what Ronnie was as a human being and a cow man. RIP Jake.

Ronny was not a good man, he was a great man. He had so many talents. Most people don't know that he coached the Sheboygan County 4/H dairy judging team to the national title and one of the members of that team, Mike Holschbach, was first in reasons and first individual nationally. He loved Al McGuire and the Marquette Warriors. He was one of the most avid high school basketball fans anywhere. His knowledge of pedigrees on Registered Holsteins was in a category above most. And all this before he served the whole country as one of the great classifiers, having a cow side manner copied by many but never duplicated. Because of the area offices the Midwest got to experience Ron's expertise more than the rest of the country which was their loss. He was a friend of the breed and loved the camaraderie of our industry. His love for Jean and Andy and Ruthie never wavered. He told me a month ago that he was confident in his heavenly home but he sure was going to miss his multitude of friends. Not as much as we will miss you Ronnie. We will join in that toast down the road Jake. You are very much loved and missed.