Michael L. Moritz

Michael Lynn Moritz, a genuine, generous, loving husband, stepfather, grandfather and godfather passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 after a courageous battle with stage 4 kidney cancer over the last ten years. He was 73 years old. Services to celebrate his life will be held at Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport on Friday, November 20, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. His family will receive friends in the church parlor from 11:00 a.m. until the time of his service. Officiating will be Dr. John Sullivan and Dr. Herb Armentrout. Burial will follow the service in Centuries Memorial Park.

Mike was born July 17, 1953 in Shreveport, LA. At birth, he was adopted by Leonard F. and Clydie Cates Moritz. Mike’s father worked for Exxon and he and his sister, Helen, spent their childhood in Aruba, off the coast of Venezuela. His family moved home to Shreveport in time for Mike to attend Youree Drive Middle School and he later graduated from Captain Shreve High School in 1971. He received a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Louisiana Tech University in 1975. While at Tech, he was a proud member and served as President of Kappa Sigma Fraternity and loved to tell stories of his days at the Kappa Sig house in Ruston. After graduation, Mike worked as a Safety Engineer at Lummus Refinery in Houston, TX but longed to be with family and friends in Shreveport. Mike always sought a perfect meal and restaurant experience so after his time in Houston, he moved home and opened Café Moritz. It was a casual restaurant in the heart of the Youree Drive corridor. For years, Mike got calls from patrons wishing they had one more taste of his locally famous hot sauce or chocolate cake.

In 1990, Mike graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Louisiana State University in Shreveport and then attained his Certified Financial Planner Certification. Merrill Lynch was home for Mike for many years as he began his successful career in financial planning and investments. He joined Alford Financial in 2014 until his retirement in 2024. Not only did he get his degree at LSUS but he also found the love of his life, Sheri. They married November 25, 1989 and for almost 37 years, they raised their family, cared for their parents and enjoyed their lives in Shreveport. Mike and Sheri loved gardening and were honored to be on the Master Gardners Le Tour des Jardins on two separate occasions sharing their handiwork with the community in the gardens of the homes they loved and nurtured.

Mike was an avid hunter and fisherman. From African safaris in search of The Big 5 and many plains animals to Argentina fishing and hunting expeditions to the Western United States for Elk and Pronghorn to the South Louisiana marshes in search of red fish to duck hunting in Dixie, he loved them all. His most challenging trip was to the West Indies where God’s creatures, big and small, took as big a bite of “The Hunter” as “The Hunter” took of the game.

Mike was known by many names. Whether he heard Mo, Mikey, Pops, Parrain, The Hunter or The Enforcer, he answered to them all. He loved his family and he loved his pets but most of all he loved the Lord. Mike’s generous spirit was a blessing to everyone he met and he will be deeply missed by his colleagues, friends and family.

Mike was preceded in death by his parents and his sister. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Sharon and his stepsons, Matt Huffty and his wife, Kim of Fairhope, AL and Mark Huffty and his wife, Natalie of Shreveport. Pops was loved by his grandchildren, Avery, Andrew, Emme, Christian, and Henry. Mike was honored and blessed to be called Parrain by his godchildren, John Rives, and Benjamin and Catherine Wooden.

Honoring Mike as pallbearers will be Roger Clarke, Mike McGirt, Gary Morris, Mike Petree, Scott Wooden, and John Rives Wooden. Serving as honorary pallbearers for Mike will be Dr. Charlie Black, John Bowman, Bill Meaney, Tim Politz and Dr. Scott Wiggins.

Mike’s family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to Dr. Eric Jonash, Dr. Tyler Lash, Dr. Jina Miller, the staff at The Carpenter House and precious Mrs. Shirley Carter who Mike considered both family and friend. Their loving care of Mike will always be treasured.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mike’s honor to Broadmoor Baptist Church, 4110 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA 71105 or Caddo-Bossier Cancer Foundation League, 3300 Albert L Bicknell Dr, Ste 3, Shreveport, LA 71103.