Frank posted a condolence
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Mike was a very hard-working, honorable, dependable and kind man. His life was defined by his many acts of serving others and giving back to the community. He raised a family of 5 children with his first wife. He served our country in two wars. He served the public as a butcher. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was the President of a Little League. After he retired he took on jobs and tasks that not many people are willing to do. He took on the thankless job of serving as the Board President for several homeowners associations in Florida. He did so to make the communities he lived in a better place. As a result, he was constantly fixing problems and responding to complaints from hundreds of people he didn’t know at all hours of the day. Mike helped a friend with in store product demonstrations for years, standing in places like Publix for hours on beautiful Saturday afternoons, handing out free product samples. And Mike served God and the Lord not just by faithfully attending mass weekly, but by administering the Eucharistic bread to the sick at a local hospital, where many of the patients were the same age or younger than him. And Mike was there to help friends that took ill, making sure that they were being looked after, and being there when they needed someone to talk to. He would take them to the store, or do their shopping for them, take them to doctor’s appointments, help them find a scooter so that they could have some mobility, etc. It was an honor for me to have Mike as my step-father. And he was a great husband to my mother. I’ll miss talking about baseball with him. And I’ll also miss his sense of humor. Rest in peace Mike. You will always be remembered and loved.
