Michael David Balison
December 29, 1962 ~ August 1, 2014
Michael David Balison, 51, died Friday, August 1, 2014 at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Viborg, SD following a lengthy illness.
Memorial services will be held Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at 2:00pm, at the Centerville American Legion, in Centerville, SD.
Michael David Balison was born December 29, 1962, to Dan Balison and Margaret Redcrow in Moeb, UT. Before graduating from high school in 1981, in Coeur d’Alene, ID, Michael’s family lived in Plaines, MT for eleven years. On October 1985, Mike married his soul-mate, Susan Scott. The couple had three children. In 1995, the couple moved their family to the south east South Dakota area where Mike was a self-employed carpenter working in construction.
Mike will be deeply missed by his wife of 28 years, Susan, Wakonda, SD; three children, Bryan (Rebecca) Balison, Hurley, Dianna (Brett) Engman Sioux Falls, and Andrea King (Rayne Adamson), Sioux Falls; seven grandchildren, Agustus, Grace, Marabel, Madeline, Samuel, Jacob, and Ryder; his mother, Margaret Redcrow, and three siblings, Laura Balison, Stanley Balison, and Peter Redcrow.
Mike was preceded in death by his father, Dan; one brother, Terry Balison, and his best friend, Michael Palmer.
I love you dad and miss you sooo much! Glad you are finally at peace
lots of love
Booboo
Mike,You were always hitting it with that Red Brat and hoping you are driving it now in the clouds. Keep looking down on the ones you loved and the ones who loved you because you will never be forgotten my friend! Jeff Pryse
Susan and family of Mike Balison,
I am sorry for your suffering and your great loss. My prayers are with you all.
Sincerely,
Cecelia Beckner