Michael (Mike) Ward Schaff and Krisi Marie Schaff were taken from us in a tragic motorcycle accident Sept. 26, 2020. Anyone who knew either of them can attest to how full of life they were and how much they will be missed.
Mike was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 2, 1976, to Alex and Linda Schaff. Krisi (Costanzo) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20, 1977, to Peter (Bill) and Jeri Costanzo.
With his family, Mike moved to Tooele, Utah, at the age of 16. He moved into a house down the street from where Krisi grew up with her family. Five years later, Sept. 6, 1997, the two of them were married. Together, they gave birth to and raised three beautiful children, Michael (Tony), Kayli and Kristian. In March of 2016 they were given the opportunity to relocate to Colorado Springs, Colorado, and later to Commerce City, Colorado. They jumped into this new adventure in their life and never looked back.
Mike was a loyal employee of A-Shed USA for the past 16 years. Always the life of the party, he enjoyed fishing and hunting. Basically, anything that took him outdoors. Prior to the move to Colorado, Krisi was the bookkeeper at Albertson’s in Tooele, and left there to work with the Department of Environmental Quality for the State of Utah. In Colorado, she worked in the Department of Revenue with the State of Colorado. More recently, she had taken on a new challenge as an assistant loan officer. She was happy any time she was with family and friends. You could always count on a good party going on at the Schaff house on any given Friday or Saturday night.
Mike and Krisi were preceded in death by Krisi’s father, Peter (Bill) Costanzo, and brothers Peter and William (Billy) Costanzo. They leave behind their three children; Mike’s parents Alex and Linda; and siblings Jason, Matt, Becky and Brian; and Krisi’s mother Jeri Costanzo; and siblings Tammie and Allen (Tina). They also leave their special nieces and nephews Amber,Cooper, Melissa, Becca (Xavier), Jessie, Kyle and Kortni; as well as the rest of their nieces and nephews Shayla, Tayler, Gabryel, Zayden, Ryu, Sakari and Abby.
Family and friends are invited to pay their respects at St. Marguerite Catholic Church, 15 S. 7th St., Tooele, Utah, from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, with a rosary service at 7 p.m. Funeral mass will be held Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at 11:30 a.m., with a visitation beginning at 10:30 a.m. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, seating for the funeral mass will be limited. Masks and social distancing measures will be required. A lunch will be held at the Moose Lodge following the funeral mass.