Michael and I grew up together on Midwood St. in Brooklyn NY.  I was only 8 months older  and we were  like Laurel and Hardy.
 Our main passion was cars and we were always together .He was
like the brother I never had. In our later years we didn't see each other but always kept in touch by phone . I'll miss you Mike. See you again someday. R.I.P.


My dearest Mike you left a whole in my heart by leaving to soon who am I going to yell at and laugh with and talk to for hours l miss u cuz and I got to talk to your friends and shared so many memories with them may you rest in peace

In my previous memory of Michael Gerace, I inadvertently omitted that Mike is also survived by his older brother John and many cousins including one of his favorites, Betty Damato Basile.  Please excuse the omittances.  Thank you.

For 20+ years, Michael and I were like two peas in a pod.  Despite the fact that we chose to live separately, we were never far apart in our minds and in our hearts.  Unfortunately, as we both grew older and our health issues forced a separation, we kept incommunicado by telephone.  We shared the same family and knew each other from having grown up in the same neighborhood, so in 1999 Michael and I reconnected.  Michael enjoyed his life which was filled with the latest and greatest technological equipment.......he loved his gadgets of every kind.  He was an animal lover who proudly owned three chihuahuas at the same time, Chili, Belle and Paco.  It broke Mike's heart when he was forced to give up Paco due to the rules of his living quarters.  Both Chili and Belle died and left Michael heartbroken.  Michael always asked me what I thought Heaven would be like.  He imagined it to be the way our old neighborhood was........and Mike, for your sake, I hope it is exactly that way.  My heart aches that I was unable to say goodbye to you.  The last conversation was a sad one on Thanksgiving Day when I broke the news to him about the passing of my brother Joey, Mike's friend.  I will love you forever Mike and we will meet again maybe in Wingate Park or Ben's Candy Store.  Michael is survived by his daughter Michele Gerace Heiberg, his son-in-law Eivind and his three step grandchildren.  Godspeed BumperMike.

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Michael Gerace

November 10, 1942 – December 13, 2020

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