- Date Of Birth: May 23, 1950
- Date Of Death: March 4, 2018
- State: Idaho
Michael Wayne Faircloth, Sr. was born May 23, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas and died March 4, 2018 in Boise, Idaho. As a young boy, Michael grew up in Galveston, Texas until his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1961.
Michael worked as a middle school choir teacher and also played in local bands, with the Reno Symphony and sang with the Reno Opera Guild. He went on to work for the telephone company and later for the Unemployment office. He became active in the International Association Personnel in Employment Security and served as chapter president. After many years in Reno he moved to the Bay Area where he worked for Gibbons and Company, then to Bay Area Rapid Transit.
He was a member of E Clampus Vitus (ECV), a fraternal organization dedicated to the study and preservation of the heritage of the American West. Michael served as Humbug (president) of the Chief Truckee Chapter and during his term erected a bronze plaque dedicated to Tamsen and Elizabeth Donner on Donner Summit. Also during this time he took up beekeeping and sold honey at local farmers markets.
In 1997 a dinner date led Michael to Nancy and he moved to Idaho in 1999; and he also gained stepdaughter Amber. Michael helped establish the Snake River Chapter ECV and served as their historian. He also was active in the State Historical Society and served as a judge and mentor for the National History Day Idaho contest.
