"THERE IS NO ROAD, NO SIMPLE HIGHWAY, BETWEEN THE DAWN AND THE DARK OF NIGHT, AND IF YOU GO NO ONE MAY FOLLOW, THAT PATH IS FOR YOUR STEPS ALONE." ~ JERRY GARCIA

MIKE WAS BORN IN ELIZABETH, NJ WHERE HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS FIVE OLDER SIBLINGS AND GROWING UP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WHO BECAME LIFELONG FRIENDS OF HIS. HE WAS A FREE SPIRITED FUNNY AND LOVING SOUL. MIKE HAD A TREMENDOUS LOVE FOR MUSIC AND THE OUTDOORS. MIKE WAS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A "DEAD HEAD" HE LOVED TO REMINISCE OF HOW HE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE GRATEFUL DEAD AND HAD BEEN TO OVER 180 SHOWS.

IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES MIKE MET HIS WIFE AND LIFELONG PARTNER OF 28 YEARS STACY. TOGETHER THEY BOUGHT THEIR FIRST HOME IN UNION BEACH, NJ WHERE THEY SPENT 18 YEARS RAISING THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. IN THIS TIME MIKE STARTED HIS OWN SUCCESSFUL PRINTING BUSINESS "EARTHSAFE PRINTING" WHICH WAS LOCATED IN KEANSBURG, NJ

MORE RECENTLY MIKE AND HIS WIFE RELOCATED TO SEBASTIAN, FL WHERE THEY BOUGHT THEIR FOREVER HOME. SOON AFTER MIKE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR CANCER, HE FOUGHT A LONG TOUGH BATTLE FOR HIS FAMILY WHOM HE LOVED WITH ALL HIS HEART. MAY HE REST PEACEFULLY AND FOREVER BE IN OUR HEARTS.

MIKE IS SURVIVED BY THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, BEST FRIEND AND WIFE STACY BUTLER, HIS FOUR CHILDREN ANGELINA FELICIANO, DANIEL FELICIANO, BRIANNA BUTLER AND MICHAEL J BUTLER JR. HIS THREE GRANDCHILDREN DONAVIN, ANALYCE AND LILIANA. HIS LOVING MOTHER JEAN BUTLER HIS INLAWS CARLO AND EMILY PARO, HIS SIBLINGS MARYJEAN BUTLER-NICOLI (TONY), KATHLEEN MUELRATH (DAVID), WILLIAM BUTLER (YAO), SISTER-IN-LAW INGRID BUTLER MANY UNCLES, AUNTS, COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND WONDERFUL FRIENDS. INCLUDING HIS LIFE LONG BEST FRIENDS MANNY REMELGADO AND MARY ANN DWYER- TAGLIALAVORE

MIKE WAS PRE-DECEASED BY HIS FATHER KENNETH BUTLER, HIS BROTHERS THOMAS BUTLER AND JAMES BUTLER

THERE WILL BE A PRIVATE SERVICE HELD FOR THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD IN NEW JERSEY AT A LATER TIME DETAILS WILL BE GIVEN ONCE AFFAIRS ARE IN ORDER.

MESSAGE FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND LOVING WORDS OF COMPASSION AND PRAYERS. MIKE WAS A PERSON WE ALL WILL REMEMBER AND KEEP DEAR IN OUR HEARTS. WE LOVE YOU ALL! AS OUR DAD WOULD SAY PEACE.