MIKE SATTERLEE

RIO RANCHO, N.M.-A closed casket funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, at Nevada (Mo.) Church of the Nazarene for Michael Ray “Mike” Satterlee, 68, Rio Rancho, who died Saturday, May 28, 2016, in Albuquerque. An open casket visitation will be hosted at the church from 11 a.m. to 12 noon that same day. Interment will take place at Lake Cemetery in Lamar, Mo., following the funeral.

Arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo.

Memorial contributions may be made to the (Jesus Film) Harvest Partners or Gideons International, either online through WeeksFamilyFuneralHome.com or directly to the charitable organization.

Survivors include his wife, Sandra Satterlee; his daughter, Michelle Satterlee (b. 1974), Richmond, Va.; his son and daughter-in-law, Jeff (b. 1978) and Crystal Satterlee, Rio Rancho; grandchildren, Terran, Braden, Eston and Calyn; his mother and stepfather, Helen and Orville Bailey, Carl Junction, Mo.; a brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Jan Satterlee, Bartlesville, Okla., and various nephews, nieces and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father, Raymond Satterlee of Lamar, Mo. and a sister, Patricia Wallain of Anderson, Mo.

Mr. Satterlee was born Aug. 9, 1947, in Lamar, Mo., to Helen (Elrod) and Raymond Satterlee. He attended Lamar schools throughout his childhood and graduated from Lamar High School. He was married to Sandra Morgan in 1965, while attending Bethany Nazarene College and they enjoyed 48 years of life together. He received his Masters of Arts in Ministry from Southern Nazarene University in 1989.

After college in Bethany, he worked in sales for Proctor and Gamble and for Baxter Laboratories, then began full-time ministry in 1974. He served 41 years as a pastor in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri. He was an active member of Ministerial Alliances and Lions Clubs in various cities. He retired in 2015 and moved to Rio Rancho to be near his family (read: grandchildren). He loved people, fishing, reading, vacationing with family and playing games. He was a man of family, of church, of commitment and competition.