Daniel “Dan” Joe Verhoeff passed away peacefully at Salina Regional Health Center after a short battle with cancer on Friday, February 16, 2024, with his family beside him.  He was born in Salina, KS, on February 14, 1983, to Bill Joe Verhoeff and Teresa Joann Gill.

Dan graduated from Salina High School South and also Salina Area Vo-Tech in Auto Body.  Dan worked in the parts business over 20 years, spending 13 years with an automotive parts company in Salina, then switched his parts career over to heavy duty trucks.  He started with Freightliner in Salina as a parts counter salesman in 2013, soon realizing his knowledge and great qualities, he was promoted to Parts Manager in 2019 for Truck Center Companies.  He was passionate about anything with moving parts, engines, and his valued customers.

While Dan could be quiet and reserved, he was always concerned and cared about his customers and whatever needs they had and was always eager to help them.  The satisfaction he got out of the parts business was that he could help solve someone’s problems and get them back out onto the road while never taking anything in return.  When he made up his mind that he was going to do something, he was extremely focused and determined to accomplish whatever task it was with whatever means it took.

Dan was a very intelligent man and loved to research and read about everything. Being an all around handy man, he could fix anything!  If you needed information about something, no need to ask Google, just ask Dan!  He had a lot of hobbies which included vehicles, motors, watching football, and listening to AM radio.  He spent a lot of time in his shop fixing vehicles, most of the time for other people at his own expense.

Dan is survived by his father and stepmother, Bill and Lisa Verhoeff of Lone Jack, MO; mother, Teresa Gill of Salina; and sister, Kelly Verhoeff of Cleveland, OH.

Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. Eighth Street, Salina, KS 67401.  A small reception will be held there following the service.

Memorials can be made to Make-A-Wish as Dan generously donated to children’s charities.