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Michael Joseph LoPorto |
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Michael Joseph LoPorto: January 13, 1950 ~
December 6, 2014 |
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December 11, 2014 |
Michael Joseph Lo Porto passed away at his home
on December 6, 2014. Arrangements to be
announced later.
Mike was born January 13, 1950 in Orange County,
California to Samuel and Joanne Lo Porto. Mike
Grew
up on the Ocean and was in love with it as soon
as he first laid eyes on it, which was also
often the cause for his absence in the
schoolroom--yet he would still maintain an A
average. Being the only boy in the household
growing up and having two younger sisters, they
often recall him terrorizing them frequently in
true “Big Brother” fashion.
In the early 1980’s he came to North Idaho where
he found a piece of land that he fell in love
with, and the rest of his immediate family soon
followed. Mike was a jack of all trades who did
everything from raise livestock, log with his
prized draft horses Whispy, Sandy, and Pete, as
well as build custom log homes. He played a key
role in helping to start the Hall Mountain
Volunteer Fire Department which has truly become
a widely known and well respected department.
Mike was a free spirited man and was content
with living a very basic and simple way of life.
In the year 2001 he wanted to get back to what
he loved so much while growing up, so he moved
to Maui, Hawaii, where he could be with his
family members that he was so close with as a
child, and be back at the beach where he could
swim and surf as much as he wanted.
In 2008 he moved back to Idaho, or back to his
“Mountain” as he called it, where he could be
closer to his sons, parents, sisters and
grandchildren. He lived in his Louis Lamour line
shack (home) on the river as he called it, where
he did not have running water or power, just his
books, his lantern, and his radio, and that was
all he needed. His home and the people where he
lived in Idaho were very near and dear to his
heart, and he was one of the kindest souls
anyone’s ever met.
In his final months he battled a severe illness
without one single complaint, and maintained his
dignity throughout. Even in the midst of
difficult times he would say “I am blessed,” and
he believed that right up until he went home to
be with the Lord.
Mike is survived by his sisters Katherine
(Mike), Patti, and Nancy (Richard), his sons
Matt (Kat), Cody (Lori), and Joseph (Briana),
and his grandchildren Autumn (Cody), and Neriah
(Joseph). |
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