Michael Ray Biri

Michael “Mike” Ray Biri, 69, of Cedar Hill, Missouri, formerly of Jackson, Missouri, passed away September 27, 2026, at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. Mike had been suffering from a severe stroke since January.

Mike was born May 18, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, to Joseph L. and Arlene Abernathy Biri. He was a graduate of Jackson High School.

Mike and Susan Crader Falcone were married May 24, 2012, in Hillsboro, Missouri.

Mike worked four years at the Carpenters’ Union in St. Louis; owned and operated Foot Hills Marine, and was most recently employed as a mechanic at Cedar Hill Garage. He was a former president of Freedom of Road Riders Harley Davidson Motorcycle Club. In his spare time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and riding dirt bikes.

To cherish his memory, Mike leaves his wife of 14 years, Susan Biri of Cedar Hill; a son, Michael (Amanda) Biri and children Emma, Eli, Ellie, and Ettalee Biri of Poplar Bluff; his mother, Arlene (Abernathy) Biri-Gaines of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; paternal aunts, Catherine (late Art) Hartle of Millersville, Missouri; Edna Mae (late Leonard) Kluesner of New Hamburg, and Virginia (late Robert) Cotner of Jackson; and several cousins.

Susan’s surviving family includes her sons, Blake (Jamie) Falcone and children Maxton and Mason of Kearney, Missouri; Nathan Falcone of High Ridge, Missouri; siblings, Mark Crader (wife Amy Faulkenberry Crader) of Eureka, Missouri, Marilyn (Bob) Clifford of Fenton, Missouri, and a sister-in-law, Joan (late Glenn) Crader of Ellisville, Missouri.

Mike was preceded in death by his father, Joseph L. Biri; stepfather, Homer Gaines; maternal uncles Kenneth (Mary Lou) Abernathy and Leroy (Pat) Abernathy; and Susan’s family: parents, Paul and Piccola Crader, and siblings, Glenn Crader and Forrest (Sherry) Crader.

To honor Mike, a memorial visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Friday, October 9, 2026, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Interment is private at Russell Heights Cemetery, where Mike will be laid to rest next to his parents, Joseph and Arlene.

If considering a memorial contribution, the family suggests St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

To share an online condolence with the family, scroll to the guest book beneath Mike’s obituary article at mccombsfuneralhome.com.