Mike was very religious; that was something I didn't know. But he didn't push his religion on anyone.

The five of us would be walking around and he'd say hi to everybody. We'd ask, 'Do you know them?' and he'd say, 'Nope!' but he said hi anyways.

Brett Bailey

But he really wanted to come to school and get a degree.

Brett Bailey

His No. 1 hobby in life was snowmobiling. He'd go home for the weekend and come back and say, 'I started the snowmobile,' and we'd say, 'but there's no snow!' and he would say he just wanted to smell the smoke.

Brett Bailey