Adolphiene Mickley
April 15, 1914 ~ February 9, 2019
Adolphiene D. Mickley, 104, of Faulkton, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2019 at the Faulkton Senior Living.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 15, 2019 at the Meadows in Faulkton, SD, with Rev. Jon Damaska presiding. Visitation was held one hour prior to the service.
Burial was held at 10:30 a.m. MST, Monday, February 18, 2019 at Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City.
Adolphiene Davidiene Mickley was born April 15, 1914 at home near Canistota, SD to Max F. and Eka (Dreier) Mickley. Adee was named for two older brothers who had died before she was born. She and her father, Max, came out ahead of the family to start a farm or two near Onaka, SD. The family soon followed. The early years were good until they weren’t.
Adee came to know Christ through attending an evangelistic meeting in Faulkton as a young woman. Those few days began a lifelong adventure of seeking to know and follow Jesus, who changed her life. Adee would often say, “The joy of the Lord is my strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10). Adolphiene never married, remaining single her entire life.
After high school, Adolphiene worked at the Onaka bank before starting at the ASC office in Faulkton where she worked for 13 years. She then went to work for Faulkton Motor Company as a secretary and parts man, retiring after 33 years of service.
Adolphiene helped Faulkton youth plant Victory gardens, she led 4-H, was a horse woman and a farrier. She was an active member, Sunday School teacher, and choir member of the United Church of Faulkton. With the encouragement of her community, she developed a trailer court as a solution to a housing shortage in Faulkton. Adee chose to set down her roots in Faulkton. She had many opportunities to move closer to family, but Faulkton was her home, and she was proud of it. Her weekly phone calls kept the Mickley family connected, and if she was asked to pray about something, she could be counted on to do it.
Those remaining to cherish her life are her many nieces and nephews; great nieces and nephews; great-great nieces and nephews; and her friends.
Adolphiene was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: Adolph, John, David, and Otto; and sisters: Ina Bemis and Margaret Webster.
Luce Funeral Home of Faulkton has been entrusted with Adolphiene’s arrangements.
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Addee led the United Church choir to the choir loft every Sunday morning for the 25+ years that I directed the choir. She walked to church every Sunday morning and to choir practice every Wednesday night and always the first one there. I and my wife and our 2 children have afghans that were made by Addee. She would ask what your favorite color was and that was all. Later on she would present you with a beautiful afghan she had made in your favorite colors. I found out later that if she thought you had done something special or she liked you she would get your favorite colors and write your name on a slip of paper and put it in her jar and mix it up. She was constantly making afghans. When she finished one she would reach in her jar and pull out a slip of paper with the name and choice of colors and that would be the next person to get one of Addee’s beautiful afghans. RIP Addee
Remembering Adolphiene very fondly – she was like a member of our Fillbach family, and attended all our holidays and reunions. My grandfather appreciated her help in his auto business – she was the ultimate Gal Friday. She invited me to sing in the choir with her when I was visiting Faulkton. How wonderful that she overcame so many obstacles to be well-employed, enjoy a retirement and live a long, long life. My mother and I, and other family members, too, remember her with great love. Rest in peace, Adee.
The obituary was "right on" about Adee and her prayers. I met her at choir and when I went back to college in 92-93 she wld always have a hot meal waiting for me to pick up on my way home from Aberdeen at least once a week. If not she would have cookies waiting for me. And her "prayers for my family were ceaseless as well as many, many other people. She called family members as well as other people on a "regular" basis to see how they were doing and blessing them with her prayers. Adee was a regular at my family’s home for either Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. She was proud to celebrate her birthday noting it was a day to be blessed that she was alive. And she believed everyone should feel that way.. She was Blessed to be a blessing to all who knew her.
I always admired the time that Adolphiene spent on her health and fitness. No one put in more miles of walking than she did even after she got to the Meadows! She also was a good friend and neighbor of the Sunnes. RIP as it is well deserved!!!
My first memories of my Aunt Adee go back to when I was a young boy and we lived next-door to my grandparents, Max and Eka Mickley. Adee would sometimes drive to Rapid City to see her parents on a Saturday afternoon after she finished work at the Chevrolet Dealership in Faulkton. She was energetic and fun to be around. I remember she would push up her sleeve, and show me her muscle. I was impressed! Adee may have gotten those muscles taking care of the trailer park she owned and maintained, which included raking voluminous amounts of leaves that ended up in her yard from the trees in the city park across the street from her. On those Saturdays Adee would visit with her parents, stay overnight, then leave for Faulkton again Sunday afternoon. Working for Faulkton Motors, she would often change cars and owned several over the years. I enjoyed seeing the different cars she drove. My favorite car of hers was a 1964 Buick Skylark two door hard-top. Adee played a big role in my grandparents being able to live comfortably in their retirement years. Max and Eka lost their farm due to the Great Depression. I believe Adee purchased the house in Rapid City for them to live in. She felt a responsibility to her family, and helped various family members over the years. Adee came to faith in Christ as a young woman and was active in church responsibilities and activities. She was more vocal about her faith after spending time with her sister Ina in the last weeks before Ina died of cancer. Adee was with with Ina the day she died, and witnessed her sitting up in bed and exclaiming “Mom, Dad” right before she laid back down and passed. That day had a big impact on Adee, and she talked more directly about her Lord after that. There were numerous family members that Adee called regularly to see connect with and to catch up on family news. One conversation with Adee and you knew the family news. But Adee did more than communicate with family members, she talked with her heavenly Father, and many prayers were prayed on behalf of family. We are still benefitting from those prayers today! My recent conversations with Aunt Adee were a little more one-sided, with me usually initiating the topics, but at 104, she was still responding and remembering. I had the privilege of talking with Adee on the Sunday before she died. She wasn’t responding as much, but I am glad I had that one last time with her on the phone before she left this earth, joined her beloved Savior and was reunited with family members she hadn’t seen for such a long time, including her two brothers she was named after, but had never met. Praise and thanks to our gracious God for lending our precious Aunt Adee to us for all these years before He took her Home! Marvin