O'Toole, Michael "Mike" Edward was born November 26, 1940 and passed away on May 4, 2024. As he said many times in the last few months, he had a good run. He experienced 83 years of life, two marriages, and had two daughters, four stepchildren and sons-in-laws, one amazingly talented granddaughter and seven spirited grandsons that he could only imagine them all living their younger years how he lived his. The friends along the way were rooted in his school years at Annunciation, St. Thomas Academy and North Dakota State University, and at O'Toole Drug, the Minneapolis Athletic Club, MN and FL golf courses and his 45 years in Alcoholics Anonymous. Because of Mike, we all know the Serenity Prayer, we practice inclusivity and the acceptance of others, and we understand the critical attributes of courage and resilience. As he often said, none of us are perfect and he was the first to admit that this included him, too. We will miss him so much. Memorials in Mike's memory preferred to Second Harvest Heartland.

Published on May 7, 2024