Joe Schambow of Platteville is Remembered

There are many reasons to remember Joe Schambow of Platteville, who passed away Wednesday from stomach cancer. He was 62. Schambow graduated from Platteville High School in 1978 and worked for Ingersoll Plumbing and Heating and also at REM Wisconsin , caring for people with disabilities. Schambow was also facilities manager at UW-Platteville while coaching track and football at Platteville High School. For the past three years, he was an assistant football coach at Cuba City High School where this past year, Schambow was named SWAL Conference and District 14 assistant coach of the year. Schambow also started and developed the Platteville Youth Football Program. A celebration of Joe Schambow’s life will be held Saturday at 11am at the Lutheran Church of Peace in Platteville.