- Date Of Birth: October 27, 1952
- Date Of Death: December 20, 2019
- State: Maine
WASHINGTON, N.C. – Michael David “Mike” Desmond, 67, passed away Dec. 20, 2019 in Washington, N.C., after a brief battle with cancer.
He was born on Monday, October 27, 1952 in Bath, Maine, the son of David Edward and Evelyn Marie (Willette) Desmond of High Street.
Mike attended local schools and graduated from Morse High School, class of 1971, where he lettered in Cross Country and Track and Field. Throughout his life he enjoyed participating and spectating in many sports and activities. His favorite team, the Boston Red Sox, won their first World Series in 86 years on his birthday in Game 4, 2004. As a youth he delivered newspapers for many years at the northend for the Bath Daily Times and later The Times Record. From 1967 to 1971 he was employed at Sampson’s Supermarket in downtown Bath.
He is survived by his loving wife, Shawn, of Washington Park, NC; three sons, Kelly Michael Desmond and wife Lori Ann of Gorham, ME; Devon David Desmond of Norway, ME and David Michael Desmond of Bath, ME; a step daughter, Dr. Allyson Quinn Marie Ryan of the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany; his former wife, Patricia Katherine Desmond and stepson Lawrence “Slym” Myers of Hickory, NC; his mother, Evelyn Marie Desmond of Bath, ME; a brother, Edward Desmond and his wife Deborah of Topsham, ME; two sisters, Anne Marie Mosher and husband Ronald of Bath, ME and Patricia Diane Brown and husband Mark of Fairfield, ME; four grandchildren, Hayden Michael and Grace Katherine Desmond, both of Gorham, ME and Lucas James and Madison Anne Desmond both of Bath, ME; as well as many nieces, nephews and extended family members and friends who will be greatly missed.
