William Michael Odom passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2023.
Mike was born April 21, 1941 in San Angelo, TX to Kitty Jo (Catherine Josephine Buck) and John William Odom.
Mike’s career, as an insurance underwriter, began in Chicago, IL. He would eventually move to Charlotte, North Carolina and retired from Auto Owners at the age of 70. An avid runner, hurdler, and pole vaulter, Mike attended Southwest Texas State University on an athletic scholarship. As a student, he married Diane Helen Drobena and together they had three children, Danalynn Marie Davis, Ronald Dean, and Leslie Jean Winker. The family settled near Chicago, IL.
He was proceeded in death by his mother Kitty Jo, father John, brother William Rocky Odom, brother John William Odom, adoptive mother Coralee Odom, son Ronald, and the children’s mother Diane.
Mike is survived by his daughters Danalynn Davis, her husband Trey and Leslie Winker, her husband Jim, nine grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren: William Richard “Willie” Pingry and Harley of Winona Minnesota; Roxanne Marie “Roxie” Pingry and Adam Leisen of Kellogg, Minnesota; Madelyn Mae “Maddie” and Eric Westerman of Crystal, Minnesota; Angelina Noel “Angel” and Arron Welch of Albert Lee, Minnesota; Nicolette, Natalie and Nylena Davis of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Zachariah Winker, wife Elizabeth and daughter Felicity of Dubuque, Iowa; Moriah Cropper, husband Sam and son Killian of Pearl City, Illinois; and five siblings, extended family and friends.
