Michael Geary Mcmahon

Michael Geary McMahon
(July 3, 1930 to October 21, 2024)
Michael Geary McMahon, "Mike", age 94, passed away of complications from Covid-19 on October 21, 2024 at his home in South Ogden, Utah.  Mike was born in Bozeman, Montana and raised in the rural community of Helmville, Montana, where his father operated the general store.  He began his education in a one-room schoolhouse, graduated from Powell County High School in 1948, and earned bachelor's degrees in Art and Education and a master's degree in Education at Western Montana College in Dillon, Montana.

Mike met his beloved wife, Elizabeth Lucille Frank, "Betty", while attending summer school at Western.  They were married in Dillon, Montana on May 30, 1958.

Mike taught school in Anaconda, Montana for 33 years, starting with sixth grade at Lincoln Elementary School before teaching Art at the Junior and Senior High levels.  He was an active member of the Anaconda Teachers Union.  Mike loved the outdoors and enjoyed working for the US Forest Service and the Anaconda Company during the summer months, fighting forest fires and performing trail and campground maintenance.  Mike and Betty retired to Lander, Wyoming, in 1995 and lived there for 26 years before moving to Utah in 2021.

Mike was preceded in death by his parents, John and Ita Geary McMahon, a brother, John Peter McMahon and an infant sister, Elizabeth Ann McMahon.  He is survived by his wife, Betty; three children, John William McMahon, Laurie Clark, and Mary Ellen McMahon; three grandchildren, Holly (Peter) Jensen, Erin (Jordan) Fowles, and Brian Clark; and five great-grandsons, Nathan, Elias, and Caleb Jensen, and Max and Clark Fowles.

Mike was a life-long member of the Roman Catholic Church.  A rosary and viewing will be held at Hudson's Funeral Home in Lander at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 29.  Funeral Mass will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church at 10:00 am on Wednesday, October 30, followed by interment at Mount Hope Cemetery.