Michael Dean Cochran passed away on October 9, 2016. He was born in 1951 in Colorado to Dean and Jo Cochran. He was raised by Dean and Anne Cochran in Broomfield, Colorado. He joined the Army at 17 and served 18 months in Vietnam during his 8 year service. He loved flying and had his first solo flight at 16. He dedicated his life to maintaining and flying aircraft in Colorado for 10 years and for 28 years in Montana. He retired from being a corporate jet pilot for Semitool after 16 years of flying all over the world including to Europe and Asia. He adored his grandchildren and loved camping and 4-wheeling. He is survived by his wife, Karen Cochran, his daughter Dr. Billie Jo Davis and her family, George Gagnon, Anthony, Ethan, and Marcus Davis, his youngest daughter, Andrea Chambers and her family Jim, Isabella, and Abigail Chambers; his mothers, Anne Cochran and Jo Cary; his favorite mother-in-law, Leone Wachsmuth, his siblings, Tony, Dave, Julie Cochran and Darrin Cary and their families; his beloved dogs who provided him much comfort while ill, Missy and Brutus, his second family – the Semitool flight department and numerous friends and relatives. He is preceded in death by his father, Dean Cochran. His celebration of life will held at the Springhill Suites at 1pm on Sunday the 16 th .