Daniel Jacob Dietlin

We are deeply sorry for your loss ~ Gunderson Funeral Home - Fitchburg

Dan was a mentor, a leader, an inspiration, and most important of all, my best friend. I loved him and will continue to love him every single day.

Maureen and Bill- our deepest condolences for the passing of your son. We will keep you on our prayers. Pete Diny & Kelly Cairns

I met Dan through simulation drifting on a team called Shadow Realm a few years back, and ever since I first spoke with him, I immediately knew I wanted to be his friend. Dan had a way of radiating a positive energy around him when he spoke to you, even through a screen, you could feel his sincerity. He was always so full of adventure and energy, you could never keep up with him sometimes because he’d be on some crazy hiking trail or biking or shooting at the range with his mom. I always loved receiving pictures in my DM’s from Dan of some wild adventure he was on, even if it wasn’t that exciting, it was always nice to see him out and enjoying the nicer things life has to offer. He really knew what he loved, and I loved that about him. He also really knew what he didn’t love, and I poked fun at him sometimes for it. One thing he didn’t love is spooky or scary stuff, including horror games, so of course I roped him into a recurring tradition of playing Phasmophobia, a scary ghost hunting game. Playing a spooky game like that with someone like Dan is a good way to take something scary and turn it into something completely and utterly hilarious. Dan would always manage to find the cursed item and fail miserably to hide it from our other teammate, Apex, who loves to troll us with the cursed item. Usually winds up with either me or Dan getting hunted by the ghost and perishing. Another thing Dan loved was Formula Drift, the American pinnacle of professional drifting. A lot of us at Team Shadow Realm love Formula Drift, but not many of the teammates have the opportunity to spectate the Road Atlanta round live in person, so of course Dan had to make himself one of those people who’s gotten to spectate a Road Atlanta round, despite living in Wisconsin. I’m so thankful he got to see the utter chaos of FD ATL in person. I love you forever and always Dan. Thank you so much for being there for me and so many others on the team in so many ways. You were truly the best of us. Long live Dan Dietlin.

Dan was so loved and will be missed beyond measure. Im incredibly grateful for our friendship these past 10 years.

Were so sorry for your loss. Daniel seemed like he grew into an amazing person and I wished I knew him as an adult. Send you all so much love.