Michael "Mike" Robert Black 1953 - 2010
Michael was born on June 22, 1953 in Taft, California, and passed away peacefully at his dream beach home. Michael was one of 5 children. When Mike was growing up in Taft, he helped out with the family business Taft Plumbing, Co. and was assigned all of the "rookie" work such as digging trenches and tarring roofs during the summers, and always reminded us how much he enjoyed it. Michael graduated from Taft High School in 1971, graduated from Taft College in 1973, and attended and graduated from Cal State University Bakersfield with his degree in Liberal Arts in 1975. He began his teaching legacy in 1976 at Castle Elementary and continued teaching second grade for 33 years until his retirement from Bill L. Williams Elementary in 2009. Mr. Black loved teaching children and thoroughly enjoyed the time he spent with his students and fellow educators. He established life-long friends throughout the years he spent in the classroom. Michael enjoyed many things during his life, his family was his highest priority & he took every opportunity he was given to be able to spend time with them. He was a true blue Dodgers fan and looked forward to attending games at Dodger stadium every season. He loved being at the beach, riding his motorcycle along the coast, throwing the Frisbee for his dog Scout, tending to his turtle and tortoise, collecting sports and film memorabilia, reading books, watching, researching, and referencing old movies and television shows, and making people laugh any chance he could with all of his jokes and his one of a kind sense of humor. Michael is survived by his wife, his daughter, sons, and his grandson and best buddy, his parents, older sister and brother, younger sister and brother. Michael has many nieces and nephews he loved just like his own children. Michael is leaving behind a lot of family members, and many close friends. Words cannot begin to describe what an amazing person Michael Black truly was, he was one of a kind, he will be deeply missed, but his memory and spirit will live forever in our hearts and our lives. Love you Papa...we all love you so very much! Memorial service will be held on October 21, 2010, at 4:00 p.m., at the Bakersfield Junior League, 1928 19th St. Strict dress code will be enforced: Hawaiian shirts, flip-flops and or Dodger Blue and apparel. The "Dude" would have wanted nothing more.
Midway Driller October 2010
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Mike was my childhood friend. He was a very kind and gentle person. He was also my grandson's favorite teacher at Bill L. Williams Elementary School.
Love you and miss you Mike!
Michael was born on June 22, 1953 in Taft, California, and passed away peacefully at his dream beach home. Michael was one of 5 children. When Mike was growing up in Taft, he helped out with the family business Taft Plumbing, Co. and was assigned all of the "rookie" work such as digging trenches and tarring roofs during the summers, and always reminded us how much he enjoyed it. Michael graduated from Taft High School in 1971, graduated from Taft College in 1973, and attended and graduated from Cal State University Bakersfield with his degree in Liberal Arts in 1975. He began his teaching legacy in 1976 at Castle Elementary and continued teaching second grade for 33 years until his retirement from Bill L. Williams Elementary in 2009. Mr. Black loved teaching children and thoroughly enjoyed the time he spent with his students and fellow educators. He established life-long friends throughout the years he spent in the classroom. Michael enjoyed many things during his life, his family was his highest priority & he took every opportunity he was given to be able to spend time with them. He was a true blue Dodgers fan and looked forward to attending games at Dodger stadium every season. He loved being at the beach, riding his motorcycle along the coast, throwing the Frisbee for his dog Scout, tending to his turtle and tortoise, collecting sports and film memorabilia, reading books, watching, researching, and referencing old movies and television shows, and making people laugh any chance he could with all of his jokes and his one of a kind sense of humor. Michael is survived by his wife, his daughter, sons, and his grandson and best buddy, his parents, older sister and brother, younger sister and brother. Michael has many nieces and nephews he loved just like his own children. Michael is leaving behind a lot of family members, and many close friends. Words cannot begin to describe what an amazing person Michael Black truly was, he was one of a kind, he will be deeply missed, but his memory and spirit will live forever in our hearts and our lives. Love you Papa...we all love you so very much! Memorial service will be held on October 21, 2010, at 4:00 p.m., at the Bakersfield Junior League, 1928 19th St. Strict dress code will be enforced: Hawaiian shirts, flip-flops and or Dodger Blue and apparel. The "Dude" would have wanted nothing more.
Midway Driller October 2010
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Mike was my childhood friend. He was a very kind and gentle person. He was also my grandson's favorite teacher at Bill L. Williams Elementary School.
Love you and miss you Mike!
Michael "Mike" Robert Black 1953 - 2010
Michael was born on June 22, 1953 in Taft, California, and passed away peacefully at his dream beach home. Michael was one of 5 children. When Mike was growing up in Taft, he helped out with the family business Taft Plumbing, Co. and was assigned all of the "rookie" work such as digging trenches and tarring roofs during the summers, and always reminded us how much he enjoyed it. Michael graduated from Taft High School in 1971, graduated from Taft College in 1973, and attended and graduated from Cal State University Bakersfield with his degree in Liberal Arts in 1975. He began his teaching legacy in 1976 at Castle Elementary and continued teaching second grade for 33 years until his retirement from Bill L. Williams Elementary in 2009. Mr. Black loved teaching children and thoroughly enjoyed the time he spent with his students and fellow educators. He established life-long friends throughout the years he spent in the classroom. Michael enjoyed many things during his life, his family was his highest priority & he took every opportunity he was given to be able to spend time with them. He was a true blue Dodgers fan and looked forward to attending games at Dodger stadium every season. He loved being at the beach, riding his motorcycle along the coast, throwing the Frisbee for his dog Scout, tending to his turtle and tortoise, collecting sports and film memorabilia, reading books, watching, researching, and referencing old movies and television shows, and making people laugh any chance he could with all of his jokes and his one of a kind sense of humor. Michael is survived by his wife, his daughter, sons, and his grandson and best buddy, his parents, older sister and brother, younger sister and brother. Michael has many nieces and nephews he loved just like his own children. Michael is leaving behind a lot of family members, and many close friends. Words cannot begin to describe what an amazing person Michael Black truly was, he was one of a kind, he will be deeply missed, but his memory and spirit will live forever in our hearts and our lives. Love you Papa...we all love you so very much! Memorial service will be held on October 21, 2010, at 4:00 p.m., at the Bakersfield Junior League, 1928 19th St. Strict dress code will be enforced: Hawaiian shirts, flip-flops and or Dodger Blue and apparel. The "Dude" would have wanted nothing more.
Midway Driller October 2010
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Mike was my childhood friend. He was a very kind and gentle person. He was also my grandson's favorite teacher at Bill L. Williams Elementary School.
Love you and miss you Mike!
Michael was born on June 22, 1953 in Taft, California, and passed away peacefully at his dream beach home. Michael was one of 5 children. When Mike was growing up in Taft, he helped out with the family business Taft Plumbing, Co. and was assigned all of the "rookie" work such as digging trenches and tarring roofs during the summers, and always reminded us how much he enjoyed it. Michael graduated from Taft High School in 1971, graduated from Taft College in 1973, and attended and graduated from Cal State University Bakersfield with his degree in Liberal Arts in 1975. He began his teaching legacy in 1976 at Castle Elementary and continued teaching second grade for 33 years until his retirement from Bill L. Williams Elementary in 2009. Mr. Black loved teaching children and thoroughly enjoyed the time he spent with his students and fellow educators. He established life-long friends throughout the years he spent in the classroom. Michael enjoyed many things during his life, his family was his highest priority & he took every opportunity he was given to be able to spend time with them. He was a true blue Dodgers fan and looked forward to attending games at Dodger stadium every season. He loved being at the beach, riding his motorcycle along the coast, throwing the Frisbee for his dog Scout, tending to his turtle and tortoise, collecting sports and film memorabilia, reading books, watching, researching, and referencing old movies and television shows, and making people laugh any chance he could with all of his jokes and his one of a kind sense of humor. Michael is survived by his wife, his daughter, sons, and his grandson and best buddy, his parents, older sister and brother, younger sister and brother. Michael has many nieces and nephews he loved just like his own children. Michael is leaving behind a lot of family members, and many close friends. Words cannot begin to describe what an amazing person Michael Black truly was, he was one of a kind, he will be deeply missed, but his memory and spirit will live forever in our hearts and our lives. Love you Papa...we all love you so very much! Memorial service will be held on October 21, 2010, at 4:00 p.m., at the Bakersfield Junior League, 1928 19th St. Strict dress code will be enforced: Hawaiian shirts, flip-flops and or Dodger Blue and apparel. The "Dude" would have wanted nothing more.
Midway Driller October 2010
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Mike was my childhood friend. He was a very kind and gentle person. He was also my grandson's favorite teacher at Bill L. Williams Elementary School.
Love you and miss you Mike!
