Michael T Warner

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Michael T. Warner on April 25, 2025. Michael was a beloved husband of Jenita Warner (née McGowan) and father of Ivy Warner and Audrey Warner.

He was preceded in death by his Stepfather Daniel Fandrey and Stepmother Louise Warner.

He is survived by his father, Brian Warner and his mother, Sheila Fandrey; his sisters and brother in law Michele Kirkpatrick and Elisha and Jeff Cloutier; his brothers and sisters in law Brett and Gina Warner, Matt and Christy Warner (née Gates), Dan Fandrey, and Darin and Carly Fandrey and his many nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws and friends.

Interment Lake View Cemetery. Funeral Services 11 am Friday at THE FIORITTO FUNERAL HOME, 5236 MAYFIELD RD, LYNDHURST (E OF RICHMOND RD) WHERE FRIENDS MAY CALL 5-8 PM THURSDAY.

Mike was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa and spent his youth in Newark, Ohio.

A lover of linguistics, Mike could speak seven languages and spent 13 years living in Europe and working for USAID, Flextronics and The Economist in Latvia, Hungary and Austria. He also was a Total Immersion Swimming coach and translated the technique for the German audience while coaching a para-Olympian swimmer. After coming back to the United States, he worked as a VP for market research firm The Freedonia Group. He most recently worked as a Healthcare Systems Engineer for University Hospitals.

Always a tinkerer and problem solver and a lifelong nature enthusiast, he shared his love of the natural world with his wife and children who joined him in bird watching, planting native pollinators and hatching Monarch butterflies. A true fan of dad jokes, he kept all his jokes in his “dadabase”. He was interested in genealogy and self-published his family history which helped him establish and maintain connections to his relatives in Sweden.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you plant a native pollinator in his memory or that donations be made in Mike’s memory to Ohio History Connection for the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks in Newark, which were dear to him.

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