Michael Lynn Kuver

Mike grew up in Crescent, Oklahoma where he played football, basketball, and baseball and graduated from Crescent High School in 1969. He was in the U.S. Navy from 1971 -1973 as a Boatswain mate on the USS HITCHTI (ATF-103) where he visited Vietnam, Hong Kong, Guam, and the Philippines. He received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Medal with two Bronze Stars.

In 1970, Mike moved to Dallas to attend Devry Tech and later started work with South Western Bell as a phone installer. He retired from AT&T in 2001. Mike founded Combine Cabinets where he fulfilled his passion of woodworking for friends and family.

In July 1971 he met his wife, Sharon Schmitz of 49 years at Club Schmitz. They married in June 1974 and moved to Combine, Texas. They had two children, Amy and Sam. They lost their daughter Amy in 1994. Sam went on to college at A&M in College Station and is now owner of an Allstate Agency. Sam married Aubrea and they have six boys.

Mike was especially active in the community. He volunteered as a coach, President of the Athletic Booster Club, Volunteer Fireman in Combine, Crandall School board member, and President of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. His love of golf kept him golfing with friends at least twice a week until he secured his “Hole In One” at Rusted Rail Golf course in 2022. He was active in St Martin of Tours as an usher, handyman, and member of the Knights of Columbus where he was a 4th Degree Knight.

He loved and played well. He enjoyed family time, traveling, having a cold beer with friends, telling a dirty joke that would have everyone laughing, riding his motorcycle, driving his Porsche with the top down, swinging a golf club, and flying a plane.

Mike is preceded in death by his brother, Tommy Kuver; daughter, Amy Kuver; father, Elwin Kuver; mother, Artie Kuver.

Survivors include his loving wife of forty-nine years, Sharon Kuver; son, Sam Kuver; daughter-in-love, Aubrea Kuver; grandchildren, Cayden, Zachary, Carter, Knox, Sutton, and Ryan; siblings, Pam Cole & husband Larry, Debbie Hudson and husband, Kenny, and Tricia Kennedy, and husband, Kevin; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and too many friends to name.

A Rosary will be held on July 8th at nine-thirty with the funeral following at ten at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Forney. Graveside service will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Combine.

Everyone that remembers Mike is asked to celebrate his life in their own way; raising a glass of their favorite drink and sharing a story in his memory would be a great place to start. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations in loving memory of Mike Kuver to be made to St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church Capital Campaign.

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