Mick graduated from Brookfield H.S. in 1967. He worked at McDonalds and obtained Eagle Scout status. After High School he started at the Census Bureau as the mail boy in Washington D.C. Then he came back to Ohio, he cared for his first daughter as a single father for the first 5 years before meeting his wife Carol (Moore) Faber of 42 years. Mick attended Youngstown Business College and worked at WPAFB for 35 years in computer security. He taught Swimming at WPAFB for 25 years. Mick was an avid sports fan and a loving family man.