Michael “Mike” Alan Usdrowski, age 67

Michael “Mike” Alan Usdrowski, age 67 years old, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, went to be with his Lord & Savior on February 7^th, 2025, to be reunited with multiple family members & his beloved dog, Sissy.

Born July 2^nd, 1957, in Elmhurst, Illinois to Frank Usdrowski & Celeste “Lana” Usdrowski-LaFollette.  As a teen Mike moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas with his family & graduated from Lake Hamilton High School in 1975.  Mike continued to reside in Hot Springs with the family he created until his departure from this Earth.

Mike established a successful Construction business until his retirement:  building spectacular homes, commercial sites, re-establishing historical sites to their newfound glamour:  Mountain Valley Water, Webb House, Hot Springs Bath Houses, Hot Springs Funeral Homes, The Waters Hotel; Burger Kings, Fountain Lake Family Medicine Clinic dedicating numerous hours & materials to homes for the impoverished & churches. You can even see his handiwork in the baptismal for Social Hill Missionary Baptist church, where he was a Member & attended until his reunification with our Father.  Mike’s baptism occurred July 28, 1957. As an adult, Mike re-dedicated his life to Christ in 2000 & spent many years sharing his Faith & Love of God, to everyone he came in contact with.

Mike’s proudest accomplishments include being a committed husband to Debbie, a devoted dad, raising Sabrina, Michael, & Beth, being a loving Pops to Serenity, Ariel, Bailey & Kara.  Mike was a Trailblazer & demonstrated unconditional love to his family.  Mike cherished quality time with his family including lake days, camping, fishing, deep sea fishing, deer hunting, ATVs, gardening, crystal evaluating, floating the Buffalo River, music, massages, racing: dirt track & NASCAR, watching Westerns, Rodeos, savoring desserts made by his family, seafood boils & family vacations.  Mike always had a project: construction, vehicle, boat, camper.

Mike kept his sense of humor, made funny facial expressions to get his point across, cracked jokes, & smiled throughout his journey.  Mike’s loving spirit is carried on by his wife, Debbie, his children: Sabrina, Michael, Beth, Audra, Amber, his grandchildren: Serenity, Ariel, Bailey, & Kara.  Mike was a Mentor to his brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins, son-in-law, & extended family.  Always the person to be counted on. Also, survived by his siblings, Tony (Linda) Usdrowski, Lisa Usdrowski, Yvonne (Bob) Baber.  All of Hot Springs, AR.  Roz Morris of Bell, FL. Michele Usdrowski & Dan {Tori) Usdrowski of Harrison, ID.

Preceded in death by his parents, his mom, Celeste “Lana” LaFollette.  His father that raised him, Francis “Frank” LaFollette.  His sister, Lorel “Laurie” Bauer.  His brother, Frankie LaFollette.  All of Hot Springs, Arkansas.  His father, Frank “Fritz” A. Usdrowski of Idaho.

The family wishes to extend sincere thanks to the staff at CARTI including Kyndall Finnell, SLP, Dr. John Sims, Dr. Naveen Yarlagadda, Nemo, Keri, Tyler, Patricia, Trish, multiple lab, infusion, nursing staff & a host of other CARTI employees that encouraged Mike.  Along with Baptist ICU South Nursing staff

Funeral Service will be Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 3:00 pm at Lowe Cemetery, 158 Cemetery Trail, Royal, AR  71968.  Please bring lawn chairs for your seating.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests to honor Mike’s wishes of donations in his name to: CARTI Laryngectomy/Head & Neck Fund ONLY 8901 CARTI Way, Little Rock, AR 72205.

We thank you for all of the expressions of kindness shown to us during our time of bereavement.

Debbie, Sabrina, Michael, Beth, Greg, Kara, Serenity, Ariel, & Bailey