Michael Edward Tyrrell passed on Oct. 15, 2021, at Fieldstone Cornell Landing in Portland, Ore. He was born to Sylvia and Ed Tyrrell on June 6, 1943, in Oregon City, Ore. He joined his sister Pat, who was 7. Soon the family moved to central Oregon, near Metolius. His younger sister Sandy was born two years later. The family moved to Culver where his dad worked for North Unit Irrigation. Mike attended schools in the area and graduated from Culver High School in 1961.

His first year of college was at College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho; from there he transferred to OSU in Corvallis, where he majored in civil engineering. He married Tania Grammer on June 8, 1963. Their first child, Karen, was born the next year while both parents were in college. He was hired by the US Corps of Engineers after graduating in 1967. Their second child, Teresa, was born in 1967 in Portland, where he was an engineer in training.

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