MICHAEL A BROWN
1950 – 2024
It is with great fondness and heavy hearts, we share the sad news that Michael (Mike) Arthur Brown, 74 years, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2024. Mike is survived by daughters Jennifer and Steve Fessey, Amy and Anthony Beard, Micki and Paul Becks, and Paula and Kyle McFadden and their mother Lynn. Loving grandfather of Graeme and Emma Becks, Mackenzie and Taylor Fessey and Chloe and Cole McFadden. Dear brother to Susan Stoesser (Michael) and Ruth Ann Ilgauds (Willy); brother Dan and countless friends, family and acquaintances. Mike was a kind and generous man. He moved to Manitoulin Island and began his life of service to the community first working as a funeral director at Gore Bay’s Turner Funeral Home, then serving as a past President of the Manitoulin Island Country Club, Planning Board and representing the riding of Algoma-Manitoulin from 1987 to 2011 in the Ontario Legislature before eventually retiring to the community of Innisfil. In memory of Mike and in lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
