A funeral service for Mike will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 11:30am at Mt. Moriah, Newcomer & Freeman Funeral Home, 10507 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO 64131. Burial with full military honors will follow the funeral service at Rose Hill Cemetery, 6900 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64118. The service will be livestreamed and may be viewed by clicking the link below under service details.
Mike was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 20, 1920. He was the son of Samuel and Sadie (Goldstein) Katzman. As a young man, Mike learned to box at the local YMCA. He became very proficient and eventually exceeded at a high level, winning a silver medal in the National Golden Gloves Tournament. Of his 100 boxing bouts, he only lost six. He met and married the love of his life, Henrietta "Henny" Nudleman in St. Louis, Missouri. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1942 a predecessor of the U.S. Air Force during World War II. Katzman also worked mounting gun turrets at the Air Force base in Harlingen, Texas. He also spent time at Air Force bases in Utah and Florida.
Two decades after his military service, Katzman started a manufacturers’ representative company called Katzman Grossman and Associates. He retired from the company in 1990.
After the passing of his wife, Henny, Mike made it his mission to fight for Veterans and their rights. He served as the Commander for Jewish War Veterans MO-KAN Post 605.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Henrietta "Henny", sister, Dora Deutch, brother, Sol Katzman and son in law, Art Katz.
Mike is survived by his daugher, Salli Katz, son, Mark Katzman, grandchildren, Stephanie Abramson and husband, JD Higgason, Sam Abramson and Sabrina Katzman, great granddaughter, Hallie Higgason and his extended family that he loved so much.
He was a hero to all of us, a source of family pride, our Dad, Father-in-law, our Papa Mike.
