Patrick David Michaels

Patrick David Michaels obituary, Greenville, MI

Patrick David Michaels

Patrick Michaels Obituary

Visit the Christiansen's Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care - Greenville website to view the full obituary.

Patrick David Michaels, age 65 of Evart, Michigan, passed away Monday evening, October 6, 2025 at home under the care of Corewell Health Hospice. The son of Leonard Frank & Mary Lou (Halm) Michaels, he was born on March 6, 1960 in Garden City, Michigan.

Patrick was a skilled carpenter having worked as a contractor for over thirty years. He enjoyed fishing and boating on Rose Lake, bowling, listening to music, hunting, was a great cook, and loved to cook for everyone.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister and brother-in-law, Lynda & Robert Brant.

Surviving are his daughter, Heather (Jacob) Edwards; eight grandchildren, Ethan, Christopher, Jackson, Grace, Gianna, Gabriel, Genevieve, and Gideon; three siblings, Wayne (Sally) Michaels, Ruth Richardson, and Mary Ann (Tony) Gideon; seven special nieces & nephews, Jerry (Rhonda) Richardson, Jackie (Jessica) Richardson, Michael (Emily) Brant, Stephanie (Rob) Michaels, Steven (Nicole) Michaels, Lauren (Robert) Hahn, and Haylee (Antonio)Gideon; and his best friends and brothers at heart, Rob Morris, Neil Holmes and Ed Dudak.

To send a message of sympathy to the family, sign Patrick’s online guest book, or to share a favorite memory, please visit: www.MichiganCremation.com

Cremation arrangements are entrusted to Christiansen's Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Greenville, 616-754-5638.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Christiansen's Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care - Greenville

511 S. Franklin Street, Greenville, MI 48838

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