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Michael E. McCart, Sr.
05-13-2026

Michael Eugene McCart Sr, was born December 14, 1954, to John (Jack) and Elaine McCart in Spearfish, SD. He was the third of five children. The family moved to Sioux Falls in the spring of 1956, finally settling in what they referred to as the Dakota House in 1960 where they continued to live even after Mike married Kim in 1996.

He graduated from Washington High School in 1973 with his brother John, and his two cousins Martha (McCart) Silvidi and Janel (McCart) Plucker (deceased) in 1973. As a young man he learned scuba diving and sky diving. He was still quite adventurous later as well. His mom wanted to do some traveling with her five children and thus we went on several trips with her. One was to Australia where all of us (including his 80- year-old mom) went Jungle Swinging and he and his brothers went bungee jumping

over a pond to see who went further into the water. Then in Cabo San Lucas they went ziplining followed by Mike and John bungee jumping again over a desert canyon.

Mike became an electrician like his dad, working as a helper for many years. He finished his apprenticeship program in 1993 in California through the IBEW union.

In 1979 he married his first wife. By 1990 they had seven children and had taken in two of her nephews, thus raising nine children. They divorced in 1994.

Mike started attending Ridgecrest Baptist Church (now Restoration Baptist) under the leadership of Pastor Jesse Moore in September 1993 and has maintained his membership to this day. This is where he met his “gorgeous lady” and the love of his life, Kim. They dated for two years and married on June 7, 1996. Kim brought three children into the relationship, making 12 children in total. (Cheaper by the dozen???)

In March of 2005 Mike went overseas as a civilian employee. He worked on the military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan until May 2013. Perks of this time were going on two- week “honeymoons” with his gorgeous lady every four months. Most of these were abroad with a trip home once a year.

In October of 2018 they moved to Omaha for two years and made some wonderful friends there. Upon retiring in October of 2020, moved back home. By then he had worked with IBEW for 47+ years.

In 2022 Mike and Kim went on the trip of a lifetime. It took them three months, over 17,000 miles, and they stopped in 33 states. They saw lots of family and friends along the way.

Mike along with being a very strong Christan and an elder of his church, believed in his family and was very proud of who his grandchildren were becoming. He passed on a hard work ethic and always defended his Christian belief. In his own quiet way, he loved his entire family. He will truly be missed.

Preceding him in death were his parents John and Elaine McCart, his in-laws Neal (Pete) and Usona Larsen, his sister-in-law Susan McCart, his niece Megan McCart, his niece Sara Larsen, and his son-in-law Tracy Saboe. Mike is survived by his wife: Kim, Chancellor SD; siblings: Sondra (Doug) Ferry of Santee CA, Terry (Carey) Larsen of Southhampton MA, John McCart of Brandon SD, Tracy Larsen of Anderson AK, Terry (Jay) McCart of White Bear Lake MN, and Tammy McCart of Sioux Falls; children: Amy Saboe of Sioux Falls, Keith Scarlata of Sioux Falls, Elaine McCart of White Hall AR, Mike (Kris) McCart Jr. of Bridgewater SD, Kevin McCart of Sioux Falls, Jeremy McCart of Sioux Falls, Sherry (James) Nytroe of Sioux Falls, Christopher (Ashley) McCart of Lovington NM, Samantha Scarlata of Sioux Falls, and Donna McCart of Phoenix AZ; along with 14 grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Visitation will be Saturday, May 23 10:00 AM with a Funeral Service at 11:00 AM at Restoration Baptist Church.