Family and friends remember Stryker victim Nick Schafer

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A funeral service was held Friday for 35-year-old Nick Schafer. He was one of two people killed last month at the Stryker Sports Complex.

Family and friends gathered to remember the McPherson husband and father. The funeral service was held at Countryside Covenant Church in McPherson.

Schafer and 6-year-old Cole Adrian were killed when a pickup drove onto a youth soccer field on Oct. 17. Ten others were injured, including two of Schafer’s children.

Schafer was a Navy veteran, a husband and a father of three.

He was buried with military honors at McPherson Cemetery.

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The investigation into the deadly crash continues.