Michael Jesse Brown

June 17, 1954 - December 16, 2022

Michael (Mike) Jesse Brown, 68, of Cove, Oregon and Yuma, Arizona passed away unexpectedly on Friday December 16 at his winter home in Yuma. A celebration of life will be held this summer in Cove.

Mike was born in Enterprise Oregon on June 17, 1954 to Gerald (Jerry) and Elaine (Basim) Brown. He was raised in Enterprise, LaGrande and Cove, graduating from Cove High School in 1972. He attend DeVry Technical Institute in Phoenix Arizona graduating with a degree in Electronics Engineering in 1974. Upon graduating, he took a job with Xerox Corporation in Pasadena California until he returned home to Cove to be near family. Mike worked at the Boise Cascade Sawmill, Grande Ronde Sign Company, Davidson Construction and most recently as the Public Works Director for the City of Cove until his retirement in 2019.

On August 2, 1980 Mike married Vicki Jo Hill in LaGrande. On January 18, 1993 Mike and Vicki welcomed their son Jordan Michael into their lives. Jordan was his pride and joy. Mike coached Jordan's summer baseball teams and supported Jordan in all of his activities including 4-H, FFA, baseball, soccer, basketball and football.Mike never missed a ball game or event that Jordan was a part of.

Mike loved baseball, RVing, camping, hunting, fishing, huckleberry picking, mushroom hunting and cooking for family and friends. He was a BBQ master with his beloved Memphis Grill. His biggest passion was travel. He and Vicki traveled in their 5th Wheel to Arizona for the winters and explored many places in the desert southwest. One of his favorite places was Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. He enjoyed meetIng new people, experiencing different food and cultures. He and Vicki's most recent adventure was a cruise through the Greek Islands and the next trip they planned was to Southeast Asia.

Mike could fix and build anything and was always ready to help others with their projects. Recently he helped his son and daughter-in-law, Jordan and Quincey, remodel and install flooring in their new home.

Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Vicki Hill Brown of Cove, son and daughter-in-law Jordan and Quincey Brown of Bend, Oregon, sisters Debra Brown (Clark) of Ontario, Oregon and Julie Brown-Danburg (Ty) of Amherst, Nebraska; mother-in-law Jolita Hill of Yuma, Arizona, other relatives and many, many friends. He was predeceased by his parents Gerald and Elaine Brown and father-in-law Robert Hill.

At Mike's request there will be no funeral service, instead a celebration of life "party" is being planned for this summer in Cove.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.SunsetVistaFuneralHome.com