Michael D. Calinski

February 23, 1953 - January 29, 2017

Michael David Calinski, 63, a resident of Cape Coral, FL passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017 in Cape Coral. He was born February 23, 1953 in Tacoma, WA to John and Olga Calinski, now deceased.

Michael spent the last 25 years on Captiva, often on the beach or fishing from a dock, near Blind Pass. He was a marine biologist and a fisherman. He founded The Marine Habitat Foundation to improve conditions for marine life in the bay and gulf waters. Michael lived for marine biology, to catch fish, collect mollusks, and invertebrates.

He is survived by sisters, Hilda and Lena.

A Memorial Service will be held later in the year.

Friends are invited to send condolences via the on-line guest book which can be found at www.MullinsMemorial.com.

Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cape Coral, is entrusted with final care.

Guestbook

  1. Gary Arth Feb 17, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    I did not know mike had died , we first met in 1998 while on vacation in captiva. Over the next 15 years we fished and worked on his pride and joy invention in a garage. I see it has finally really taken off . It made me mad reading about some else taking credit for it so I did some research which led me to this obituary. Sorry for his loss . I’ll miss him

  2. David Apr 15, 2023 at 4:45 pm

    Mike was a friend and a genius about marine life. I tried hard to help Mike with his project of manufacturing a filter feeding plastic invention to clean canals in Naples
    It would have made him a millionaire but he had some personal issues that did not allow it to work out. Mike went to church with me on occasion and I helped him with pay for his Rx meds
    God rest his soul.
    David

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