He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 23, 1942 and grew up on the Southside just two
doors away from his wife, Kathleen, whom he married August 7,1965. Michael and Kathleen
were married for fifty five years, but were neighbors, friends and then partners for seventy-three.
Mike’s great passion was baseball. In 1959 he hit the winning home run to earn Marquette
University High School the State Championship. Mike enrolled in Marquette University as a
member of the NROTC, earning a BA in Business, and was Commissioned to the Nuclear
Power School in California.
Mike lived large, loving to plan huge family gatherings for the Fourth of July, Christmas and
birthdays. All were welcome to his home; no one was ever turned away.
Mike was a member of All Saints Parish. He rode his mobility scooter daily to Mass. He
worked to acquire a Charter for All Saints Catholic School and after retiring served as a math
tutor.
Mike is survived by his wife Kathleen, his children Michael(Jinie), Laura (JJ), and Jennifer;
granddaughters Rebecca and Soomin; sister Alice Loveless, brother William (Donna) Gigl, Paul (Mayme) Gigl; brother-in-law and lifelong best friend Neil (Shelley) Casey sisters-in-law Mary (John) Morch and Susan
(William) Christianson and dearest friends Frank and Sue Bevsek. Mike loved and cherished all his Gigl and Casey nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews.
He is predeceased by parents Aloysius and Mattie Gigl, and sister, Dorothy Simon.
“Death is nothing at all; I have only slipped away into the next room. Whatever we were to each
other, we are that still.”
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Mike’s name to:
All Saints Catholic School, 7777 Osage Pkwy., Dallas, TX 75252
Or
Nativity Jesuit School, 1515 South 29th Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53215
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