Michael Prince

Michael David Prince of Parker, Colorado passed away at home on Thursday, January 27th, 2022 after a hard-fought battle with cancer.

Mike is survived by his parents, Dana and Donna Prince, his brother Jeffrey Prince (Lynn), nephew Aiden, and the loves of his life, his children Lois, age 16, and son Mitchell, age 13.

Mike was born in Aurora, Colorado on August 10th, 1975.  He graduated from Regis Jesuit High School in Denver, and spent his freshman year in California, at the University of San Diego.  He missed Colorado and the mountains, and came home to graduate with a degree in Criminal Justice from the Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Mike returned to California to pursue a career in Criminal Justice, graduating from the Los Angeles Police Academy in 1998, and spending the next five years as a patrol officer  for the LAPD.

Missing the Colorado outdoors and determined to raise a family here, he attended the Aurora Police Academy and graduated in 2002, starting as a patrol officer.  He spent time as an investigator in the Vice and Narcotics Unit, transferred to the Metro Gang Task Force, and finally found a work home in the Major Crimes Unit as a detective.  Mike liked and respected his coworkers.  They were a brotherhood.

Mike loved sports, and enjoyed playing for the Denver Gaels Hurling team.  His athletic hobbies included fly fishing and marathon running.

Mike was absolutely devoted to his two children, Lois and Mitchell.

He went to all of Mitchell’s hockey games, both home and away.  He traveled many miles to be a quiet cheerleader walking along the ice rink as his son played goalie.  He went to

Mitchell’s lacrosse games, cheered with him at Avalanche games, and suffered with his son and the crowd at Broncos games.

Mike was so very proud of his daughter, Lois, and was a seasoned ticket holder at her many dance recitals and plays.  He bought countless boxes of Girl Scout cookies from her.  He loved her spirit, and was very proud of her, watching her grow into an independent, bright, young lady.

Mike loved taking his kids to the family cabin at Lake Cobbosseecontee, Maine.  They fished, kayaked, glided on paddle boards, picked blueberries, and had many fierce water battles.  Occasionally they would be joined by the rest of the family.  Mike and his brother Jeff were very good at catching fish and bringing them in for the table, but they couldn’t understand why everyone ran off when it was time to clean the fish.

Michael David Prince was a very quiet man.  He was a good father, son, and brother.  He will be missed.

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Lois:  Three words I would use to describe my dad are brave, selfless, and funny.

Brave, because through his treatments and roughest days he would always do his best to spend time with me and Mitch, and he would attend to all the activities we did.

Selfless, because he would always put others before him.  He would never hesitate to protect his kids, unless it was from spiders.  He was scared of those.

Lastly, funny.  Well, although his dad jokes and puns didn’t always have my grab, his overall witty humor left anyone with a memorable impression.

My best memory with my dad is when he was promoted to being a detective when I was young.  There was a big party and everyone was so proud of him, and he was proud himself, and it was pretty cool to see.

My funniest memory with my dad was when he was teaching me how to drive.  We went to a side road so he could teach me how to parallel park.  So I tried to fit his truck in between two cars, not to mention the road also had a bit of construction further down.  I spent nearly 20 minutes trying to park whilst the construction workers were cussing me out.  Dad just kept saying, “It’s fine, take your time,” when it was not, and it was quite embarrassing.

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Mitchell:  One word I would use to describe my dad is passionate, because he cared for everything he did, and always expressed strong emotion in whatever he was doing.

Another word I’d describe him with is witty, because he was clever in every sense and could make you laugh with any joke at any time, because of his unique dry sense of humor.

Another word I would describe him with would be athletic, because of how strong he was, and how he could do any sport.  He was a very physically strong person in every sense of the word.

My funniest memory of my dad is when he fell out of the inner tube we were pulling behind the boat in Maine.  This was the best moment with my dad, because we were all trying to knock him off the tube with a huge wave.  When it finally happened, everyone laughed.  It was hilarious, because his hat went flying off, and he did multiple flips in the air.  Throughout the whole process, he had a huge smile on his face, even after he found out his phone had been in his pocket the whole time.  He was a bit frustrated, but he was still very happy.  His jokes never went away, even after his phone.

My fondest memories of my dad are all the countless times playing catch with a lacrosse ball after school.  These moments are my favorites, because I would tell him all about my day.  It was so fun trying all of these different moves and tricks I learned, and showing them off when we played.  It was also fun running circles around him while he tried stealing the ball from me.  He taught me many new moves, and always helped me improve skills.  He was always with me along the way.

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Mike’s service will be Thursday, the 10th of February at 10:00 at Highpoint Church, 6450 S. Southlands Parkway in Aurora . You can watch the live stream of the service via this link: https://youtu.be/5lmP4ZCJbaU

Any contributions in Mike’s memory should be directed to:

Cops Fighting cancer.org ; Aurora Police Orphans Fund, Inc or the Fraternal Order of Police .