Mike and his family were our next door neighbors from 1966 until the year after Mary Lou’s death. They were wonderful neighbors. We jokingly said they invited us to their great patio parties so we wouldn’t call the cops. They had the “Whose Who” in television at their parties.
Mike was a Cub Master at St. Antoninus while his son Michael was in Scouts. He would play the piano at pack meetings, so the pack meetings were always a big show. He involved all the kids in a variety of presentations.
Many summer nights were spent sitting on the front porch with Mike and Mary Lou, chatting and relaxing. We remember sitting with them the night of the Beverly Hills fire, anxiously listening to names of victims, praying that none were familiar.
Great man. It was a privilege to have him and Mary Lou as neighbors.
Mary Lynne & Ben Rapien
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