By Michael Horton, FOX23 News
MAYES COUNTY, Okla. — The Mayes County director of emergency management announced the death of Mike Dunham, deputy emergency management director for Mayes County.
Annie Mack Vest, executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, released a statement remembering Dunham and his years of service.
“I could never fully capture who Mike was or everything he gave to others, but I can speak from the heart about the man I have known for the past 15 years. Mike served Mayes County tirelessly for nearly two decades, if not longer. He was a force. Funny, hardworking, smart and always willing to step in wherever he was needed. You knew when Mike was in the room, and he never met a stranger,” Mack said.
“He deployed across Oklahoma and out of state, showing up for communities in their hardest moments while raising a family, working multiple jobs and somehow still finding time to be a friend to everyone he met. Mike served as the northeast vice president of the Oklahoma Emergency Management Association for multiple years and poured into our profession.”
