Mike Fleischer, 67, of Downers Grove, Illinois, passed away Saturday, May 15. Mike was host of the weekly WDCB, Glen Elllyn, IL, radio show, Treasures from the Isles, which had been on the air since 1990.

Mike had been interested in folk music since a 1948 Woody Guthrie concert. His interests carried him to the founding of the University of Chicago Folk Festival (1961) and a lifelong love affair with all forms of traditional music.

He worked as a journalist and as an executive in folk music record companies including Flying Fish and Folk Era records. His interest in Celtic music was inspired by his wife, Mary Ellen Heelan, who is proud of her Irish and Scottish heritage.

A memorial service was held at the DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church in Naperville, IL, where he had organized and hosted the Roads End West Coffee House some years ago.

[This obituary is reproduced by courtesy of the Folk Alliance].