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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Jean
Mickelsen
November 23, 1937 – June 27, 2015
Obituary
Jean Mickelsen lest us on June 27, 2015. Born Edith Jean Cowan to Edith Viola (Giger) and David Neil Cowan, Sr. on November 23, 1937 in Emporia, Kansas. The family moved to San Luis Valley in Colorado when she was 8. She spent the last several years in Harrison, Arkansas.
Jean was preceded in death by her mother, father and first husband, Lorne Davis. She is survived by her husband, Warren Mickelsen,; children, Rae (John) Peterson, Tim (Bonnie) Davis, LeeAnn (Mike) Ryan, Teri Jo Miller, Lori (Heath) Couch; grandchildren Jeremiah Peterson (Christie Layton), Amanda Peterson (Dan Calvert), Jette (Justin) Henderson, Vanessa (Chris) Jones, Heather (Chris) O'Kelly, Lindsey and Danielle Ryan, William and Robert Miller, Blake Devitt, Ryan King, and Cory Couch; great-grandchildren Cordelia Petersen, Riggin and Tucker Couch, Bryndle and Kynna King. She is also survived by 6 of 7 siblings and a large loving extended family.
Jean was a telephone operator and in the business office for Mountain Bell for many years. When she left the phone company, she decided to go to school and attended what was then Adams State College, earning first a Bachelor's and then a Master's degree in English and then taught at the college for a few years. Upon the death of her first husband, Jean set out on a new adventure which included fun trips with her girlfriends and country western dancing where she and Warren met, and they danced together through the next 20 years.
Jean was a loving mother and caring friend. She was full of life and always ready to do the next thing, go to the next place, take on the next challenge. She learned to play the baritone ukulele, took up quilting with her church group and loved going on cruises with Warren and her family. Ready to laugh, ready to play, ready to dance, Jean left a family and a community that will mourn her passing.
Services will be in Alamosa, Colorado at Rogers Mortuary Friday, July 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Boone County Senior Center, 1516 Rock Springs Road, Harrison, Arkansas 72601.
Local arrangements are being made with Coffman Funeral Home of Harrison. Online condolences may be left at www.coffmanfh.com.
Jean was preceded in death by her mother, father and first husband, Lorne Davis. She is survived by her husband, Warren Mickelsen,; children, Rae (John) Peterson, Tim (Bonnie) Davis, LeeAnn (Mike) Ryan, Teri Jo Miller, Lori (Heath) Couch; grandchildren Jeremiah Peterson (Christie Layton), Amanda Peterson (Dan Calvert), Jette (Justin) Henderson, Vanessa (Chris) Jones, Heather (Chris) O'Kelly, Lindsey and Danielle Ryan, William and Robert Miller, Blake Devitt, Ryan King, and Cory Couch; great-grandchildren Cordelia Petersen, Riggin and Tucker Couch, Bryndle and Kynna King. She is also survived by 6 of 7 siblings and a large loving extended family.
Jean was a telephone operator and in the business office for Mountain Bell for many years. When she left the phone company, she decided to go to school and attended what was then Adams State College, earning first a Bachelor's and then a Master's degree in English and then taught at the college for a few years. Upon the death of her first husband, Jean set out on a new adventure which included fun trips with her girlfriends and country western dancing where she and Warren met, and they danced together through the next 20 years.
Jean was a loving mother and caring friend. She was full of life and always ready to do the next thing, go to the next place, take on the next challenge. She learned to play the baritone ukulele, took up quilting with her church group and loved going on cruises with Warren and her family. Ready to laugh, ready to play, ready to dance, Jean left a family and a community that will mourn her passing.
Services will be in Alamosa, Colorado at Rogers Mortuary Friday, July 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Boone County Senior Center, 1516 Rock Springs Road, Harrison, Arkansas 72601.
Local arrangements are being made with Coffman Funeral Home of Harrison. Online condolences may be left at www.coffmanfh.com.
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