BOWLING GREEN — He was raised with love more than money, his dad a tool and die maker, his mom staying home to care for him and his brother and five sisters.
Together the nine of them — and the long-haired family border collie — sardined into their little house in Hazel Park, Mich. There were three bedrooms, one bathroom, and no air conditioners.
“In the summer, I would sleep on the floor with the dog in front of the fan,” Danny Schmitz remembered. “We didn't necessarily have everything we wanted, but we had everything we needed.