Michael “Mike” Dean Simon

Michael “Mike” Dean Simon, age 71, of Plainville, passed away on March 17, 2022, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas surrounded by his life long best friends and loved ones.

He was born on December 27, 1950, to James and Lola (Nichols) Simon in Wichita, Kansas. Mike was united in marriage to Marilyn (Ostrom) Simon on April 16, 1982, in Hays, Kansas. The couple was blessed with one son, Chad.

Mike grew up in Rooks County, Kansas and graduated from Palco High School in 1969. He went to work for Schult Manufacturing for a short stent before going to work as a station manager for Coffeyville Resources which was formally Farmland Resources, for 37 years before his retirement. He was a proud member of the NRA, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and St. Anne’s Catholic Church.

Mike was very handy and could build, forge, or weld anything he could look at a picture of. Mike moved into a late 1800’s schoolhouse and turned it into the home he would raise his family and build over 60 years of memories. He lived in that home up until his earthly departure.

Mike was a man that was known by many and loved by all. You could guarantee he would greet you with his well-known belly laugh and a rather rough back-pat. There wasn’t a whole lot more that could make Mike happier than when he and his best friends would get together for a cold beer, story time, and maybe even trouble; or time at the lake when he was camping with Chad and Aimee, fishing with his faithful dog, Milley; or when Aimee’s girlfriends would come over for pool parties.

We find comfort that Mike was a man of God and of great love. He lived by example that each day is a blessing, and we need to find joy in every moment we get with the ones we love. We will see our father, brother, friend, and follower of Christ again, and with his famous greeting—a belly laugh and a good, rough, back-pat.

He is survived by his mother, Lola Simon of Plainville; son, Chad Simon (Aimee Gardanier) of Plainville; sister, Jolene (Rod) McElroy of Ohio, Stanley (Maria) Simon of Plainville; mother-in-law, Charlotte Ostrom; and a grand-pup, Piper Jo.

He is preceded in death by his father, James Simon; wife, Marilyn Simon; and father-in-law, Delbert Ostrom.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Plainville at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be on Thursday from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. with a Vigil Service and Rosary at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Family will be receiving friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Memorials are suggested to Hays Hospice or Friends of Webster State Park and may be sent in care of Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, 320 SW 2nd St., Plainville, KS 67663.

Online condolences can be left for the family at www.plumeroverlease.com