Michael Allen Dawes, 45, died January 1, 2001 in Ocean Beach, Missouri.  "Mike" was born March 6, 1955 in Kansas City, Kansas to Andrew L. and Maurine Combs Dawes. He was a 1973 graduate of Salina South High School.

Following  graduation, Mike began his professional life in Manhattan, Kansas as a manager of Schaefer Stores. In 1977, he married Debra M. Fogerson. Mike remarried on August 15,1981, to Cathy Guthie. Mike was a sales manager at Manhattan Broadcasting in Manhattan, Kansas.

Interment in Sunset Cemetary, Manhattan, Kansas.