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John Michael Counts

Warrenton, VA, USA

November 7, 1951 - February 24, 2020

Nov 7, 1951 - Feb 24, 2020

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John Michael Counts, known as Mike, 68, of Warrenton, VA, passed away at home on 24 February 2020.

Mike was born on 7 November 1951 to John and Marie Counts in Phoenix, AR. After graduating from Arcadia High School in 1970, he got a job at an auto parts store and started saving up for college. In 1971 he got his draft notice so his mom took him to the United States Air Force recruitment office.

While serving in the Air Force, Mike met Maxine and they married in 1973 in the midst of his year-long stint in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. In 1975 he entered civilian life by landing a job at E-Systems in Texas, kick-starting a 45-year career as a Systems Engineer. In 1975 they welcomed a daughter, Fay, after Mike sold his beloved Alfa Romeo Giulia to afford her. The following year, they were blessed with a son, Bryan, while living in Alice Springs, Australia.

Mike was privileged to be welcomed into another family, when he married Sue in 1999, and became stepfather to Jennifer and Brian and later Grampa to Jennifer’s daughter Avery.

To Mike, family was very important. He was proud of Fay building a life in England, and Bryan developing a career in IT. He supported them in whatever interests they wished to pursue, spending time as Little League and Softball League coach and attending innumerable piano and dance recitals when they were younger. He fostered a close bond with his children and his step-children alike.

Mike’s lifelong passion was cars. Throughout his life he could be found in his garage, underneath the hood of a variety of cars he enjoyed through his life, a hobby which he later shared with Bryan. In 2017 he fulfilled a dream and bought a new Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio to replace the Giulia he’d sold over 40 years before.

Mike was very loved by his family and is dearly missed. Mike was predeceased by his parents John and Marie, and his wife Sue. He is survived by his children Fay and Bryan, his step-children Jennifer and Brian, as well as two sisters Nancy and Gloria.

The family request no flowers be sent and will be holding a private celebration of his life. If anyone wishes to make a donation to remember Mike you are very welcome to visit the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy at https://www.foundationforpn.o… where you can honour Mike by name.

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