Michael John Mahn

Mahn, Michael John
56, of Mesa, AZ (born Detroit, MI) passed away suddenly on March 28, 2011. Beloved and devoted husband of Yvonne, Mike also leaves behind his three precious daughters, Johanna, Erica and Melissa. He was such a proud and loving dad to his girls. Mike also leaves behind his loving mom, Barbara, brothers Steve and Paul and sisters Barbara, Lisa and Laura together with their partners and families. Mikey was also a loving step-dad/grandad to Yvonne's son Dave, partner Jo and their baby son Jacob (Jakey). Mike worked at Motorola as a computer technician for 25 years and met his life-long friend Larry Milman there. I know Larry misses him so much already as we all do. A family mass and blessing was held Friday, April 1, 2011. Mike really was a very special guy and he's left us all with many wonderful memories of the happy times shared throughout the years. He was such a caring, thoughtful, loving man, wise, generous and kind. He loved his family, he loved his friends and he loved his pets. He was loyal, he was brave, he was strong and he was so bright, so very bright. We all asked him questions or for advice, about all manner of things, and he was glad to help whenever he could. He was a huge fan of all kinds of music and liked his music loud but he toned it down somewhat or put headphones on for Yvonne's sake, to keep her sane ! His sense of humor was dry - which was his own description of it. You had to know him to appreciate that humor at times but he was a real fun loving guy at heart who just wanted to make people smile. He would have liked to have been able to do stand-up comedy on stage, he used to say, to make folk laugh but he could also have performed on stage as a magician as he idolized Harry Houdini and had taught himself many a trick and slight of hand as a youngster. Yet another passion was watching old movies, so TCM was a favorite channel. Bogie was his favorite actor but there were lots of favorites. He loved the old comediies too with W.C.Fields, Harold Lloyd and Laurel and Hardy, especially. Other favorite channels were History, Discovery and other informative, learning channels. Yvonne shared his tastes and they also loved comedy and games channels, seeing how many answers they knew and often shouting them out at the same time - snap! Always said that as they often said or thought the same thing at the same time. He loved old cars, old anything-interesting and prided himself on having a comprehensive collection of tools - something for every job. Mike was a truly wonderful human being.. A lover of peace, he hated all the violence in the world today. To know Michael was to love him and we did, and we do, and we always will.
Mikey, your were my sunshine, darlin'. You were my everything. You knew that 'cos I told you often and I know you loved me 'cos you told me, often, too. I'm so grateful for the time we had together. We'll meet again, sweety. We loved that old song, didn't we. Love always, Yvonne x PS Jerry, Floyd and the rest of the gang are missing you lots. Enquiries, messages of condolence to Wyman Funeral Services (480) 668-2898
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