Michael Stuart Root 1944â2020
Seattle, WashingtonâMICHAEL STUART ROOT passed away peacefully on November 22, 2020 after courageously living with Primary Progressive Aphasia, a rare form of Dementia. He was surrounded by his wife and children at the family home in Seattle, WA. His quick wit, welcoming embrace, smile and charm that could melt ice will be missed by many. Mike was born on October 21, 1944, the eighth and final child of Cecelia Alice (Murphy) Root and Stuart Joseph Root in Waseca, Minnesota. He arrived 9 years after the next sibling in line. Mike lost his father to cancer when he was 14 and was then raised by his widowed mother, who was also caring for his much older sister with Cerebral Palsy. Some powerful male influences as a maturing teenager included his Dad s former poker buddies who invited Mike to the table. As Mike neared high school graduation he knew that he may be called to the escalating war in Vietnam - either by draft or by choice. He joined ROTC