Michael Haney

1957 - 2017

Michael Stephen Haney

A native San Franciscan, Michael Stephen Haney was born in Letterman's Hospital on September 16, 1957 to parents Bernice Patricia (Boxx) and Oscar Haney. Eleven months later, his only sibling Frederick Irving was born.
Michael was raised in the Ingleside/Lakeview neighborhood of San Francisco and attended St. Emydius Catholic School until he went to high school at Archbishop Riordan High School where he formed a close-knit group of friends that remained in contact with him throughout his life. The grammar school friends from St. Emydius continue to meet yearly and luckily Michael had been able to attend those and had continued life-long friendships with so many of them.
As an alum of St. Emydius, through Catholic Youth Charities (CYO), Michael was a volunteer coach of boys and girls basketball teams for over 20 years. During that time, he was a friend, mentor and role-model to hundreds of children and young adults that have grown into successful adults and kept in contact with him throughout the years.
Michael worked as a newspaper boy, then a semi-truck driver, dispatcher, and finally a trainer for truck drivers for over 20 years with the San Francisco Newspaper Agency (San Francisco Chronicle). He worked as a private investigator and a train operator at BART briefly before retiring.
In 1992, Michael met Joanne Joshua, a single mother of Dominic, Derek and Mojisola, as his new upstairs neighbor who consistently apologized for the noise her children made. He began a relationship with the oldest son Dominic and together they frequently played video games. Eventually after obtaining Dominic's permission, he began dating Joanne and a relationship flourished that would last for over 25 years. In 2001, Michael and Joanne wed, sharing over 16 years of wedded bliss. In addition, Michael was Dad to Letitia and Danielle. He played a significant role in raising, nurturing, teaching, guiding and loving all of his children. Michael was a loving grandpa to Da'Shawn, Symphony, Isaiah and his namesake, Michael Stephen.
Michael always wanted to travel the country by train and loved watching airplanes take off and land. He was an accomplished bowler in and participated in several leagues for several decades. He was an avid RAIDERS, Warriors and Giants fan and loved to drive.
Michael had medical issues for the last 20 years of his life. He had a myriad of complications from diabetes and was a kidney transplant survivor for almost 5 years. Finally, in the end, he succumbed to heart failure and very peacefully passed away, surrounded by loving family and friends.

Michael was preceded in death by his daughter Letitia Evans and parents, Oscar and Bernice (Patsy) Haney. Michael is survived by his loving wife Joanne, his 4 children, Dominic, Danielle, Derek, and Mojisola; his 4 grandchildren, Da'Shawn, Symphony, Isaiah, and Michael Stephen; his brother, Fred (Natalie) Haney, one aunt, Loma Jewel Hobson; nieces and nephews, Matthew and (Libby) Haney, Taufiki, Beno (Ronjini), Kiana (John Belardo), Sharif, and Kelan (Allison) Joshua; a host of cousins, godchildren and dear friends. Michael was loved by many and will be missed by all.