Parents
of Michael Richard Bleier wish it to be known that beloved son
Michael, age 45, peacefully passed away on June 22, 2024, at 6:33
a.m., in the care of Hospice House in Concord, N.H.
Michael
was born in Mount Kisco, N.Y., on January 10, 1979, to mother Marjory
Bleier Bissette and the late Steven Bleier. He lived in Chappaqua and
Bedford, N.Y., until the age of 15, attending Douglas Grafflin
Elementary School and Rippowam Cisqua School. Mike graduated from
Brattleboro Union High School, class of 1997, after his mother,
Marjory, and he moved to Vermont in 1994. He attended the University
of Vermont, graduating from Vermont Technical College in Randolph,
Vt., and subsequently earning his journeyman and masters electrician
licenses.
Michael
excelled in soccer, hiking, rock and ice climbing, skiing, and other
sports, joining Vermont’s Sugarbush Ski Resort ski patrol for 13
years. He later taught his children and many of their classmates to
ski and coached soccer and lacrosse. Michael savored the trip of a
lifetime to Italy to ski the Alps in March 2023.
Working
as part of the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps at Emerald Lake Park
in 1999, Michael met Mary Lauscha of Rutland, Vt. They married in
2006 and moved to New Hampshire, where they settled to raise their
own family.
In
2011, Michael launched Applied Cabling Technologies LLC (ACT),
extending electrical services to business, educational and
residential clients in New Hampshire and Vermont. Michael joined the
BNI business association in August 2011; BNI awarded Michael 2023
Chapter Member of the Year, noting “over the years, Mike has served
Twin City BNI in nearly every position on the leadership team …
Even when dealing with numerous health challenges, he continue[d] to
serve Twin State BNI as a member of the Membership Committee.”
In
May 2023, Michael was diagnosed with an unmethylated glioblastoma, an
aggressive form of brain cancer. Mother Marjory and stepfather
Stephen Bissette drove Michael to almost every medical appointment
and treatment and ACT business obligations — allowing Mike’s wife
and children to lead relatively normal lives — until his decision
to cease treatment in late May 2024.
Michael
is survived by his parents Marjory and Stephen Bissette of Windsor,
Vt.; brother, William Bleier; stepbrother, Daniel Bissette;
stepsister, Maia Rose Bissette; five children, Hayden, Rosalyn,
Aggie, Jonny and Reuben; and wife, Mary, of Springfield, N.H.
There
will be a memorial service on July 27, 2024, 11 a.m., at First
Baptist Church in New London, N.H., with a reception to follow. In
lieu of flowers, send donations to On Belay at on-belay.org,
supporting children impacted by cancer in their families.
Michael’s
love and devotion to family, friends, community, business associates
and employees, clients, and everyone whose paths he crossed made an
indelible positive difference in countless lives. Michael’s quiet,
caring, open and kind nature, as well as his passion, strength,
ingenuity, spirit and smile, will be sorely missed by all who knew
and loved him.
This article appears in Jun 26 – Jul 2, 2024.