Born: August 5, 1924 Yenkovce, Czechslovakia
Died: July 12, 2024
Mike was born in Europe and came to Canada in 1929. His family homesteaded in northern Alberta and eventually moved south in and around Lethbridge. 2 brothers and 2 sisters joined the family along the way. Eventually the family moved to Coleman as there was work in the mines there.
Mike moved around a lot for work after leaving home. He settled briefly in Cranbrook where he built one of his first houses. From there he came to the Coast in the middle fifties and stayed for the rest of his life. Logging and carpentry kept him going. In the early 1960s he went to a dance at the YMCA where he met his future wife Joyce and in 1962 they married. In 1965 their daughter Sandra was born. He started work at the waterfront at that point, and he built his final house for the family of three in Richmond. It moved to Sechelt along with the family in 1974 when expropriation occurred. The next decades were filled with boats, bikes, hiking, swimming, family activities; nothing extraordinary except for the extraordinary person carrying them out.
Mike was a craftsman, a jack of all trades who could build and fix anything, a fine husband and father, and a gentleman to the core. He lived a long and full life and will be missed by all who knew him.
