Michael Edward Miranda Sr. 

1949 – 2025

We are saddened to share the passing of Michael Edward Miranda Sr. who died unexpectedly, at his home in Myrtle Point, Oregon on November 16, 2025. 

He was the second of 12 children born to John and Joyce Miranda at Scotia Hospital on September 27, 1949. Most of his childhood was spent on the family Dairy in the Metropolitan area of Fortuna, California. This is where as a young child he learned to fish, hunt and work.

Mike, along with his brother John, knew when the work was done, it was time to head off to the river with their wooden boat and fish for salmon and steelhead. Over the years, he became a skilled fisherman, with the best kept secrets, and a following of friends always ready to join him.

Growing up as an older child in a large family, he learned the importance of work at an early age. This value carried with him throughout his life. As a young adult, he worked on the Joe Oliver Dairy. His next job was for Eel River sawmills, pulling green chain on the night shift. In 1972 he went to work at Challenge Creamery (which later became Humboldt Creamery). While working weekdays at the creamery, he spent afternoons and Sunday with his father working on the family dairy. Being the workaholic that he was, he found time to run the  mobil butchering truck for Ferndale Meat Company. He retired from Humboldt Creamery after 30 years of employment. After retirement, he moved to Myrtle Point where he worked on his son‘s dairy for several years. When he decided to “ take it easy” he and his wife, Lisa,  built a meat cutting room and cold storage at his home, where he did custom processing of wild game for many local hunters.

Mike attended kindergarten through fourth grade at Rio Dell elementary school and fifth through eighth grade at Fortuna elementary school. In 1961 the family moved to a larger Dairy on Waddington Road in Ferndale, California. He then attended Ferndale High School. He was a natural athlete excelling at baseball. He played Little League and Babe Ruth ball while living in Rio Dell and Fortuna. As an adult, he played softball on the Ferndale Palace team. He was a lifetime fan of the San Francisco Giants and the San Francisco 49ers.

 In 1970 Mike married Margaret Brown and together they had three children, Michael II, Mark and Rebecca. After 30 years of marriage, they parted ways. In 2003 he married Lisa A. Mann and they later moved to Myrtle Point,  where they purchased property and created a beautiful home and garden.

 Mike is proceeded in death by his parents John and Joyce Miranda, two infant brothers, sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Emil Feierabend, brother-in-law, Jeff Farley, grandparents, Jack and Julia Miranda, Chris Olson and Mary Robertson.

He has survived by his wife, Lisa A. Miranda, children, Michael Miranda II (Lisa Mae), Mark Miranda (Nikki ), Rebecca Miranda (Matt), grandchildren Maegen Noel (Levi), Matt Miranda (Hailie), Kendra Losa (Jon), Lexi Miranda (Andrew), Juliana Jeffries and Ava Johnson, great-grandchildren Caden, Zayne, Kensey, Keith and Royce, brothers and sisters, John D. Miranda (Patsy), Kathy Hayes (Jerry), Tom Miranda, Joanne Farley, Robert Miranda (Janice), Diana Sutton (Danny), Tim Miranda (Dorice), Shari Titus (Ron), 27 nieces and nephews, and his in-laws Arlon and Irene Mann.

Please join us on January 3, 2026 at 1 PM for a celebration of life at Picture Valley Farms, 55152 Picture Valley Road, Coquille, Oregon. All family and friends are welcome to share good food, great stories and laughter. Mike had a gift for making people laugh and  having fun.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Myrtle Point Fire Department, 424 5th St., Myrtle Point, OR 97458 or the Ferndale Fire Department, PO Box 485, Ferndale, CA.