Ross Michael Cavanagh Jr., 95, of Lansing, died Thursday, May 13, 2021, at his home in Lansing. The first child of Ross and Marjorie (Miller) Cavanagh, he was born Sept. 28, 1925, in Evanston, Ill. The first 17 years of his life were spent moving between 14 apartments in three Chicago neighborhoods before finally settling in South Shore. After 1935, his summers were spent in the kerosene lit cabin on Squaw Island, on the eastern edge of Lake Duroy and exploring the Elk River in Phillips, Wis.