Marie Therese Mickelson, 83 years of age and a longtime Neilton, Washington area resident, died on Monday, August 10, 2020, at her home in Neilton. She was born on Dec. 22, 1936, in Melbourne, Australia to James and Mary (Dee) Treacy.
Her family lived on Carlton Street in Melbourne, Australia and she attended Saint George’s Catholic School in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne.
During her schooling years she liked to go rabbiting at Smith’s Beach, a small town on Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia. She enjoyed camping and playing tennis. She began working outside of the family home at the age of 13.
After completing her formal schooling she worked at PLB in Melbourne.
She fondly remembered when she was 18 and came over on a cruise with her sister, Margaret, to work and travel about British Columbia and the USA. This is when she met Neil Mickelson. Marie Treacy was married to Neil Mickelson on Dec. 12, 1960, at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and they then made their home in Arlington, Washington.
Marie then worked with her husband at Mickelson Logging as their administrative assistant, as an orchardist, receptionist, waitress, but her most important occupation was raising her children and she was proud of all of them.
She had been a volunteer at the Lake Quinault Schools and drove her elderly neighbors to their appointments. She attended the Our Lady of the Olympics Catholic Church at Amanda Park and participated in many of their events.
Her travels had taken her to Canada, throughout the USA, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, England, Venice, Honolulu, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. She also liked gardening, gold panning and rock hounding. She will be long remembered as a gentle, kind person who was a hard worker and had a wonderful sense of humor.
Marie Mickelson is survived by her son, John Mickelson of Neilton, Washington; her daughters, Rhonda Voss of Steilacoom, Washington, Grace Helsem of Tacoma, Washington, Allison Mickelson of Steilacoom, Washington and Elizabeth Shilman of Kent, Washington; two sisters, Margaret Hinton of Melbourne, Australia and Mary Nicolson of Sidney, Australia; seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Marie was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mary Treacy; her husband, Neil Mickelson; her daughter, Yvonne Mickelson and her brothers, Jim Treacy and Joseph Treacy.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at 2:00 p.m., Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at Our Lady of the Olympics at Amanda Park. Concluding service and interment will follow in the Quinault Cemetery.
Direction is by the Coleman Mortuary, 422 5th Street in Hoquiam, Washington.
Please take a few moments to record your thoughts for the family by signing the on-line register at www.colemanmortuary.net.
