Michael Bernard Folio, 65, of Charleston, WV handed away on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at CAMC Memorial Hospital in Charleston following a quick sickness.
Mike was born on August 3, 1960, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Clarksburg, WV, to the late Bernard Joseph and Kathryn Andrew Folio.
Clarksburg, Patrick Folio of Clarksburg, and Maria and Michael Patrick of Morgantown. He can be missed by his nieces and nephews; Kathryn “Katie” and William “Will” Segal of Rockville, MD, Andrew and Angela Folio of Morgantown, Alexander Folio of Philadelphia, Christopher Folio of Charleston, Sarah and Pablo Visedo of Murcia, Spain, Ryan Patrick of Rochester, NY Allison Patrick, and Carter Patrick of Morgantown. Nice nieces and nephew embrace Kathryn “Zippy” Segal, Eleanor “Ellie” Segal, and Gideon Segal of Rockville, MD, Lena Folio and Ceceilia Folio of Morgantown, and Valentina Visedo of Murcia, Spain (Who was delivered solely hours previous to Mike’s passing). He was a proud Godfather to nephew Chris and to Allison LaRosa. Mike can be survived by many prolonged relations, good buddies, and associates.
Along with his mother and father, he was predeceased by his sister, the late Kathryn Virginia Folio.
Mike was educated within the parochial and public faculties of Clarksburg; graduating in 1978 from Washington Irving Excessive College and from the Faculty of Enterprise and Economics at West Virginia College in 1982. Though he possessed the verbal means of a drunken sailor, Mike was a religious Roman Catholic. He was a member of Sacred Coronary heart Co-Cathedral the place he often served as an usher. At his childhood parish, Immaculate Conception Church in Clarksburg, he was as an altar server.
Michael was an government with the household enterprise, North Central Distributors, a statewide beverage wholesaler. Based mostly in Charleston, he dealt with the Southern West Virginia operations for over 40 years. An avid fan of WVU athletic groups, Mike loved attending soccer video games each at dwelling and away. His hero was Roberto Clemente, and he faithfully adopted Pirates baseball. However, like most of his household, he would additionally root for the New York Yankees. Mike favored the Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguin’s Hockey. As a youngster, his love of ice hockey prolonged to spray portray objective traces and faceoff circles on the yard’s new concrete pad, a lot to the dismay of his father. Nonetheless, his mom didn’t appear to thoughts.
Mike maintained memberships within the Knights of Columbus, WVU Alumni Affiliation, Mountaineer Athletic Membership, in addition to many commerce and trade organizations. He additionally loved supporting native charitable and cultural teams such because the Clay Heart, WV Music Corridor of Fame, and Charleston YWCA Women Evening Out to call just a few.
Mike was bigger than life. He at all times loved an excellent tailgate in addition to strolling by way of the halls of the state capital visiting with legislators.
The household want to lengthen their honest thanks and admiration to the caring employees of the fifth-floor ICU at CAMC. All of you possess a particular calling and your kindness (each small and enormous) is not going to be forgotten. And far appreciation to Mike’s coterie of buddies, employees, and “household” who provided and gave a lot of their visits and help. Thanks.
In lieu of flowers, the household requests that donations to help sort 1 diabetes analysis be made and mailed to: Breakthrough T1D Western PA & WV, 501 Martindale Avenue Suite 670, Pittsburgh PA 15212, or donate on-line at http://breakthrough1d.org/.memorial
Household and buddies might name on the Amos Carvelli Funeral Residence, 201 Edison Avenue, Nutter Fort on Tuesday from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. the place a prayer service can be held at 7:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial can be celebrated on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at 10:00 am at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Reverend Father Freddie D’Souza as Celebrant. Entombment can be within the Holy Cross Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy could also be prolonged to the household at www.amoscarvelli.com
