When his health kept him from the course in person, he followed all the professional tournaments on the Golf Channel.įor many years, he was the coordinator for his “Lunch Bunch”, a group of friends who shared lunch weekly on Wednesdays. He played often with his son and he loved to talk about their games together. The guys even held Tuesday “strategy sessions” at the Bluffside Tavern in the off-season, such was their love of the game and each other. He was part of a Tuesday foursome that played every week. He enjoyed fishing and was a decorated trap shooter, however his first love was golf. Before his dad’s passing, he loved to jump in the boat with his dad and his decoys and spend the day hunting ducks. He inherited a cabin on Brice Prairie that his father had owned. He made regular trips with friends and family to hunt in South Dakota and Canada.
In his spare time, Mike was an outdoorsman. Mike went on to partner in other business ventures and he also owned a number of his own companies. His work can be seen in many schools, churches, professional offices, and community buildings in La Crosse. Mike and Carmen were married for 58 years when Carmen passed in December of 2018. They were blessed with three children: Steven, Susan, and Shelley. There he met the love of his life, Carmen Nessan, and the two were united in marriage in the summer of 1960. Mike was born on Apto Forrest and Veronica (Prill) Myers in Sioux Falls, SD. Myers, 85, died Thursday, July 21 at Eagle Crest South in La Crosse.