Mickie E. Vanderwaal Obituary (1943 - 2021)

Mickie E VanderWaal, 77, of Sumner, passed away on February 2, 2021 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, WA. She was born on July 14, 1943 to Frank and Mary (Coughlin) Rice in Auburn, WA. She attended school in Auburn, belonged to the Green River Saddle Club, and graduated from Auburn High School. On April 20, 1963 she married her husband Cornelis "Corky" VanderWaal of Enumclaw. They lived and raised their family together for 35 years on their small farm in Enumclaw until Corky's passing in 1998. Mickie continued to live in Enumclaw until 2017 when she sold the farm and moved to Sumner. Mickie loved Enumclaw and raising her family there. She was one of the original "soccer moms" to her children and their friends and teams as her children grew up playing sports and participating in all types of activities. On the farm Mickie helped raise replacement dairy heifers for the local dairys, a few beef cows and even at one point milked their own cow and sold milk to some local families. Mickie is survived by her 3 children, sons, Rick VanderWaal (Bonnie) of Graham, WA, and Tim VanderWaal (Kathy Oline) of Tumwater, WA and daughter, Patricia Soerens (Jeff) of Plano, TX; 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren; brother Frank Rice (Charlene) of Auburn, WA; sister Janet Phillips of Puyallup, WA; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins who she dearly loved. She was preceded in death by her husband Corky, and her parents Frank and Mary Rice, Visitation will be held Sunday, February 7, 2021, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at Weeks' Funeral Home, Buckley, WA. Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 8, 2021, 11:00 am at Evergreen Memorial Park, Enumclaw, WA, with her nephew Father Theodore Phillips officiating. In leu of flowers remembrances may be made to: Green River Saddle Club 16231 SE Lake Holm Road Auburn, WA 98092 (mailing address: PO Box 135, Auburn, WA 98071) or National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation http://www.npcf.us