Michael Horst

September 24, 1943 – June 8, 2016

Michael Horst passed away unexpectedly at 10:32 p.m. on June 8, 2016, in Seattle surrounded by his family. He was born in 1943 in Sacramento, California. He lived on Bainbridge Island from 1984 to 2016.

He is survived by wife, KSandra Horst; and sons Morgan Horst and Michael Horst. He joins daughter Katie in Heaven.

For those of you that knew him, he had an indomitable presence. He was a decorated Navy Seal Team veteran, inventor, entrepreneur, bee keeper, builder, sky/scuba diver, husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He possessed an unfathomable well of courage, persistence and determination, but most of all he was an OCEAN of love and support.

Over the last five years he had beaten cancer, pneumonia, MRSA, and was on his way to overtaking not one, but two degenerative hips that had robbed him of the use of his legs. None of these challenges ever tarnished his optimism for life, or diminished his unshakable belief that he would recover.

At one point I asked him, “If there was anything he knew now, that he wished that he had known when he was younger.” He sent me a picture of my mom with a caption that read, “Love is all that matters.” Almost a year later, I found these same words inscribed in a children’s book that he had given me in 1979.

I will feel his loss for the rest of my life. Hug your loved ones often.

Morgan

A celebration of life will be held at the family residence June 30th at 5:30 pm