Michael Sloan

Discount Cremation of Portland

Sarah Pattillo

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Our beloved husband/father/grandpa/brother/uncle, Michael Sloan, passed away suddenly, doing what he loved, bicycling, on January 5, 2026 at the age of 69, and went to meet Jesus. Mike is known for his family, building houses, riding bikes, ping pong parties, and in his young adult years, home beer brewing.

In his younger days, Mike attended Our Savior Lutheran Church in NE Portland with his parents and brother, and graduated from Parkrose High School in 1974. He recently attended his 50th high school reunion in 2024. After graduating Mike married his wife Laurie in 1979 and they began their wonderful life together, eventually including 3 children and 10 grandchildren.

Over the years Mike spent many special moments with his 10 grandchildren. Among them are his times watching kids’ softball and hockey games, doing “jumping bean” with the little ones, going on bike rides together, building a fence and chess board with the kids, and eating snacks together with the kids before they watched Mike take off on his bike rides. These memories are just a few of the many that will be cherished by Mike’s grandchildren and the rest of his family.

Mike started working at a young age and never stopped. He always wanted to keep busy. When he was a teenager he worked at the Pancake Corner at Lloyd Center. Eventually he began working at Kaiser in the warehouse and stayed there for 15 years. While working at Kaiser he started fixing up houses. His first remodel was on NE 42nd and Alberta Court. Ultimately, he decided this is what he wanted to do for a living. He eventually quit his job at Kaiser and started his own business, House Magic, Inc., as a General Contractor and did this for over 30 years. Mike wanted to revitalize Portland, one house at a time; whether it was his own house, houses he remodeled, or new ones he built from the ground-up.

Mike was a one-man show. There were times he partnered with others on a remodel or new build, but ultimately he enjoyed working on his own and learning every aspect of building. He purchased and rehabilitated homes that nobody wanted, including one such house that was dubbed the “Stinky House” on NE Prescott. He built and remodeled houses throughout the NE and SE Portland area. His first new build was on NE Killingsworth Street. He ended up remodeling many houses and completed at least a dozen new builds in his lifetime. His last new build was on SE Franklin Street near Cleveland High School. At the time of his death, he was in the middle of a remodel on a house he owned.

Each neighborhood Mike lived or worked in, he would get to know all the neighbors and the neighbors would get to know him. While not working on his own houses, Mike also did remodels for various people he met along the way, including family, friends, and neighbors. Even though Mike worked by himself, he always got to socialize with the neighbors around the worksite and his many friends who frequently stopped by to visit him. He often hosted social events such as Mike and Laurie’s famous ping pong parties in their basement, and biking with and at times leading the Wheelman ride group multiple times a week. On top of riding twice during the week, almost every Saturday he did a longer ride with whoever was up for the challenge.

Shortly after graduating from high school, at the young age of 19 Mike purchased his first home in 1975 on NE 31st in Portland and lived there 30 years. He wanted to make the neighborhood a better place, so he started a neighborhood phone tree and went around the block getting to know everyone and getting their information compiled to a list to share with each other. In every neighborhood he was part of, Mike was a pillar of the community who would organize Block Sales and Block Parties that began with just one block and eventually expanded to two, three, and even more blocks in NE Portland.

Mike was very involved at his local church, Redeemer Lutheran Church in NE Portland, where he attended with his family for about 15 years and volunteered serving breakfast, picking up other members, and teaching Sunday School. Mike eventually moved into the SE Portland area to SE 43rd Street, a new build of his, for five years, and later to the Mount Tabor area, another new build, where he lived out the remaining 15 years of his life.

Mike made two huge trips across the United States on a bicycle. The first time was while he was working at Kaiser in 1986, when he was 30 years old, with a friend named Randy, and the second was in 2006, when he was 50, together with his eldest daughter, Sarah, on a tandem. After work one day, him and his friend took off to make his first cross country trip starting in Portland, Oregon on July 11, 1986 and ending on August 14, 1986 along the coast of Virginia, which took 34 days and covered 4,210 miles. The second trip, dubbed “The Tough Butt Tour” went along the Southern United States, starting in San Diego, CA on October 14, 2006 and ending on November 12, 2006 in St. Augustine, FL, which took 30 days and covered 3,270 miles.

In 1988 Mike started the annual ride to the beach known as the “Astoria Ride”. Each year whoever wanted to go would train throughout the year, then come together to ride their bikes from NE Portland to Astoria (except a few years where they changed it up; going to Pacific City, Tillamook, and Central Oregon). Laurie always drove in a vehicle behind to pick up anyone too tired to continue, and to provide food, water, and support. Over the years, even his three children, Sarah, Amanda, and Molly joined the rides.

Anywhere he went Mike wanted to be a shining light to the world around him. He was and will continue to be loved and treasured by his family and friends.

Mike is preceded in death by his parents, Kenneth and Edith Sloan; survived by his wife Laurie, of 46 years; his three daughters and their families, Sarah (Joshua) Pattillo, Amanda (Jay) McAllister, and Molly (Sam) Hoover; 10 grandchildren; and brother, Paul Sloan.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 1 pm at Central Christian Church, located at 1844 SE Cesar E. Chavez Blvd, Portland, OR 97214.  Donations of flowers can be sent to this address by Friday, 2/27 for the service.

Mike knew a lot of people. If you plan on attending his Celebration of Life, please RSVP (Celebration of Life For Mike Sloan RSVP) so that we can have an idea of how many will attend.

The family is asking that anyone who would like to share a fond memory of Mike can do so at the service during the open mic time or write their memories down for the family to read.

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