Visitation: A Vistiatation will be held on Thursday August 31st, 2023 from 4-8pm st Dietrich Funeral Home, 2480 Kensington Ave., Amherst, NY

Service: A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday September 1st, 2023 at 10am at Our Lady of Pompeii, 129 Laverack Ave., Lancaster, NY 

SCHALBERG - Michael E.
Passed unexpectedly August 9th, 2023,
at age 33. Beloved son of Andrew Jr. &
Carol (nee Wieand) Schalberg. Loving
brother of Erin (James Jr.) Pautler &
Andrew (Ann Nichols, Esq.) Schalberg III.
Survived by a loving grandmother Mary
Ann Wieand. Loving Uncle of Grace,
James III, Josie, Andrew IV, and Rory.
Also survived by many loving aunts,
uncles, cousins, & friends. Friends
and family may attend a Visitation on
Thursday, August 31st, 2023, from
4-8pm at The DIETRICH FUNERAL
HOME, INC., 2480 Kensington Ave.,
Amherst, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial
will be held on Friday, September 1st,
2023, at 10am at Our Lady of Pompeii,
129 Laverack Ave., Lancaster, NY.
Please assemble at church. Memorials
may be made to Roswell Park Aliance
Foundation Pediatric Research,
Make-A-Wish and the SPCA. Online
condolences may be made at
www.TheDietrichFuneralHome.com

Michael E. Schalberg, of Lancaster and Bradenton, Florida died unexpectedly August 9 in Bradenton.  He was 33.
Born in Amherst, he lived his entire life in Western New York until last month, when he relocated to begin a new career as Assistant Golf Professional at Streamsong Golf Resort in Bowling Green, Florida.
He graduated from the University at Buffalo in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and was currently working toward an MBA degree at D’Youville University.
After graduation, he worked at Ryder Corporation and managed two locations in the area.  He was also previously employed at Sonwil Logistics in the business development division.
Michael played for the Division I UB Bulls Hockey Club in the NECHL from 2012-2015.  He was 1st Team NECHL Forward in 2014, and served as Assistant Captain and Captain during the ’13-’14 and ’14-’15 seasons respectively.  He helped lead the team to the ACHA National Tournament in March 2015.  He was voted Team MVP in his junior and senior seasons.  He was subsequently invited back to the UB Hockey Club as Assistant Coach starting in 2016.
He was also a 20-year member at the Fox Valley Golf Club in Lancaster, and was currently carrying a 5.6 GHIN handicap.  A 2008 cancer survivor, he was recently pursuing training to become a wish grantor with Make a Wish.
Surviving are his parents, Andrew J. Jr and Carol A Schalberg, his sister, Erin Pautler and his brother, Andrew Schalberg III, nieces, nephews and his maternal grandmother.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered September 1 in Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church, Lancaster.