Michael Ray Monroe, 63, of Wabash, Indiana, peacefully went to be with the Lord, on Saturday, July 25, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born on Monday, July 8, 1957 in Wabash, to Franklin Junior Monroe and Regina B. (Griffith) Monroe Haney.
Mike married Lisa (Schue) Hudson, in Wabash, on July 1, 1989. He was a United States Army veteran. Mike was a licensed Realtor, worked at the Peabody Retirement Home, in North Manchester as maintenance supervisor for 10 years, owned his own painting, mowing, and rental business in Wabash, enjoyed flipping houses, and owned and operated Abundant Life Property. He was a member of Emmanuel Free Will Baptist Church. Mike loved God, his grandchildren, fishing, working, talking to people, never met a stranger, and also enjoyed Diet Coke.
He is survived by his wife, Lisa Monroe of Wabash, three sons, Jeremy (Bridie) Monroe of Wabash, Robert Hudson of Seattle, Washington, and Brett (Sarah) Hudson of Nashville, Tennessee, five grandchildren, Beckett, Adelaide, Charlotte, and Thatcher Monroe, all of Wabash, and Clara Hudson of Nashville, Tenessee, mother and step father, Regina B. (Robert) Monroe Haney of Wabash, two brothers, David Monroe of Wabash, and Thomas Monroe of Phoenix, Arizona, and two sisters, Dorothy Monroe of Indianapolis, and Sierra Monroe of Wabash, and very special aunt, Marilyn Griffith of Wabash. He was preceded in death by his father, Franklin “Cooger” Monroe.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am on Saturday, August 1, 2020, at Emmanuel Free Will Baptist Church, 129 Southwood Drive, Wabash, with Pastor Terry Hinds officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 3-7 pm Friday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash.
Preferred memorials are the Emmanuel Christian School or ALS Association.
The memorial guest book for Mike may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.