Honoring

Michael “Mike” Eugene Cervi

September 9, 1936 – March 19, 2025

Funeral Service:

12:00pm on April 1st, 2025

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

38044 County Road 16, Roggen, CO 80652

Reception to Follow:

The Pepper Pod*

530 Fir Street, Hudson, CO 80642

*Please be aware, there is limited parking at the Pepper Pod. We ask that all attendees park at 610 Cherry Street, Hudson, CO 80642. A shuttle service will be provided from the park to the Pepper Pod. Handicapped parking will be available on site at the Pepper Pod.

Donations:

In lieu of flowers and donations, the family requests that his beloved community honor him by doing the things he loved most. Enjoy a steak dinner with your family, take in your local rodeo, and look for small ways to lend a helping hand.

Accommodations:

Below please find the booking link for the Candlewood Suites in Greeley:
Click Here for Candlewood Suites Greeley Booking Link

All Hotels Below located at 2204 Medical Center Dr, Brighton, CO 80601

Click Here for Candlewood Suites Booking Link

Click Here for Holiday Inn Express Booking Link

Click Here for Comfort Inn Booking Link

Please note, the booking links will expire at the end of the day Thursday, March 27th. However, guests can call any listed properties to book direct.

In Tribute:

Mike Cervi knew that he was a blessed man. If you asked what his greatest accomplishments were, he would speak of his sons and their families and shine from the inside out. The cattle industry was his passion, and rodeo and his family were his heart and soul.

For a man who lived as full and remarkable of a life as one could, Mike didn’t know the meaning of the word pause - slowing down was not in his vocabulary. He was known to say that “luck was for shooting dice,” and he meant it. Mike lived his life with intention and purpose all the way to the end. He was a risk taker, constantly thinking, always moving and dreaming, and forever loyal to those who moved and dreamed with him.

Yesterday Mike peacefully passed away with his beloved sons at his side and leapt into the arms of the Lord. Without him we are now left to pick up the torch he has lit for so long and somehow carry it. Admittedly, it feels impossible, as his loss leaves so much emptiness amid all of the spaces he filled. At the ranch, the feedlot, the Pepper Pod, a church pew, on the phone, the back of the chutes, rumbling around in a white Buick, and a thousand other places.

Our sorrow and grief is vast, but we know what he would say about that. He is home with Jesus, he is squeezing Mike Jr. so very tightly, and he has finished his final race. 88 years was not enough time for us, but he is exactly where he has prayed he would always be, and in that we find comfort.

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26