Michael Thomas Harvey

Born September 13, 1931, the second of three sons of John and Mildred (Callen) Harvey in Bellevue (Pittsburgh) PA. He was raised with his brothers John and William "Bill" by his grandfather Michael "Pal" Callen and Aunts Catherine "Catty" and Margaret "Peg" on the Northside of Pittsburgh.

Mike was a graduate of St. Francis Catholic School and Oliver High in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1949. He was also a student of the school of hard knocks, where Mike learned to become a "jack of all trades" and "shade tree mechanic". Skills he shared often and willingly with family, friends and neighbors throughout his life. Mike received an official degree, a Bachelor of Science focusing on accounting from the University of Pittsburgh in 1969 while working full time and raising a family.

During the Korean Conflict, Mike enlisted with his cousin and neighbors in the Army. Mike served with the 3rd Calvary Tank Division at Ft. Knox, KY but spent time training at Ft. Carson, CO. During his tenure in Colorado, Mike was photographed climbing the Kissing Camels in Rocky Mountain National Park. The act was recreated by his son, Dave 30 years later. Both pictures are on display by Mike's computer.

On February 5, 1956, Mike married his high school sweetheart, Virginia "Ginny" (Quinn). The couple was living in an apartment on Brighton Road until they won a Plymouth Belvedere at St. Cyril's Church's Fall Festival. Mike drove the car from the church to the dealership to trade the car in and use the money to buy their first house. Mike and Ginny bought a house on Knox Street in Scott Township and started a family. Four children, Karen, Kevin, Timothy and David were born at the Knox Street home before the family moved to Richardson, TX in 1973. The family has lived in Texas where the family has resided with a year spent in Sunrise, FL.

The first job Mike had was working with his family riding the bosun's chair up Pittsburgh smoke stacks painting and demolishing the structures. A ride he was never fond of due to his fear of heights. This fear led to him to the Pittsburgh Iron and Bridge Company where he ran rivets to the steel workers who nicknamed him "Mickey Mouse". Tales of his time building bridges in West Virginia and Kentucky were shared with his children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. After leaving Pittsburgh Iron and Bridge in, 1953 Mike began working as an engineer with his future father-in-law, Ed Quinn, at Sealtest Dairy in Greentree. It was while working at Sealtest that Mike went to school to learn accounting. Once he received his degree Mike served as one of the plant's accountants until the early 1970's when the plant was closed. When Mike moved to Dallas, he took an accounting job with the Southland Corporation. During his career Mike also worked in accounting for various other companies such as Gardner Communication, IMO and Ni-Tec. It was during his time at Gardner Communications that Mike met close family friends Wendy Musil and Dave Gable.

Mike was a lifelong Pittsburgh Penguins and Steelers fan and proudly dressing in the "black and gold" to the dissatisfaction of his sister-in-law Dee and other fans of "those" teams from Dallas. One of his last wishes was for the Steelers and Pens to win it all this year for him.

Interests included spending time researching the family genealogy on-line, at public libraries and through talking to extended family and friends. Mike could also be found walking the links around Pittsburgh and Dallas. Mike had a lifelong passion for Egyptian history and was a life-long member of the National Geographic Society. This passion lead Mike to volunteer as a Docent at the King Tut exhibit when it came to the Dallas Museum in 2000. In his later years, Mike look forward to his Thursday lunches and discussions with all the guys from Ni-Tec and visiting family and friends.

Preceded in death by his parents, and brother William and brothers in-law Charles Quinn and Bro. Paul Quinn, S.M.

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