This obituary is part of “We Will Remember,” a series about those we’ve lost to the coronavirus.
It took COVID-19 to force Brian Shatter, a dedicated manager at Tires Unlimited, to take his first sick day in the 25 years he had worked there. Several weeks later, he died March 28 at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Shatter, 63, of Dearborn was born and raised in Detroit with his five siblings. He went to St. Alphonsus High School where he met his high school sweetheart Susan, to whom he was married for almost 38 years.
Each summer when Shatter was a child, his parents took the family on two-week vacations, driving across the country to visit places like New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., Disney World, Texas and more. Following in his parents footsteps, Shatter, a big history buff, did the same for his family. Destinations would always include historic sites and a zoo.