Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. July 16 at the First Presbyterian Church in St Paul. The Rev. Martha Voigt will officiate.
Ada was born Nov. 15, 1927, in Dannevirke to Marius and Marie (Pedersen) Mickelsen.
Ada went to a rural school near Dannevirke and graduated at the top of her class.
She came from a large, loving family and shared countless adventures with her siblings, stories that make family members laugh to this day.
Her first husband, Donald Pedersen, was smitten when he saw Ada toiling in the potato patch and the two eventually eloped — not really sure she was in a potato patch, but Don certainly loved that story. They enjoyed 60 years together and nothing put a twinkle in Don's eye quite like getting Ada all fired up.
Ada helped Don with their trucking company while living in St. Paul.
They sold the business when the family moved to Denver in 1965. After settling in Denver, Ada went to work at the Rocky Mountain News.
She retired in 1992 and the couple moved back to St. Paul.
Ada cared for her husband through a long illness and his passing left an immense void until Don Goering, an old friend of the Mickelsen family, knocked on her door. Don won her heart; the two were married and eventually ended up in Fort Collins, Colo. Ada felt blessed to have found love for a second time and was grateful for every day they shared together.
Ada was dearly loved by her family and will be missed "till the cows come home."
Survivors include her husband, Don Goering, of Fort Collins, Colo.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Rick and Marjean Pedersen of Thornton, Colo., and Nick Pedersen and Susie Wolfert of St. Paul; a daughter and son-in-law, Christine and Brent Higgins of St. Petersburg, Fla.; four stepdaughters and spouses, Sandra and Jim Fuller of Sheridan, Wyo., Sherri Goering of Loveland, Colo., Cindy and Jim Vandenbark of Fleming, Colo., and Wendy and Don Dudley of Sterling, Colo.; five sisters and spouses, Ann Meyer of Hastings, Louise and Jack McIntyre of Wolbach, Helen Meyer of Fort Collins, Colo., June Wadas of Johnstown, Colo., and Dorothy and Larry Jones of Omaha; and a sister-in-law, Geraldine Mickelsen Hodges of Wheatland, Wyo. Additional survivors include 13 grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Pedersen; parents; three brothers, Einer, Miner and Earl Mickelsen; four sisters, Eva Larsen, Elda Miller, Mary Christensen and Joy Glines; seven brothers-in-law, Andy Larsen, Chester Miller, Elmer Christensen, Harold Glines, Darwin Meyer, Ray Wadas and Ray Meyer; and four sisters-in-law, Lola Mickelsen, Pearl Shrinner, Alyce Thayer and Lola Smith.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. July 16 at the First Presbyterian Church in St Paul. The Rev. Martha Voigt will officiate.
Ada was born Nov. 15, 1927, in Dannevirke to Marius and Marie (Pedersen) Mickelsen.
Ada went to a rural school near Dannevirke and graduated at the top of her class.
She came from a large, loving family and shared countless adventures with her siblings, stories that make family members laugh to this day.
Her first husband, Donald Pedersen, was smitten when he saw Ada toiling in the potato patch and the two eventually eloped — not really sure she was in a potato patch, but Don certainly loved that story. They enjoyed 60 years together and nothing put a twinkle in Don's eye quite like getting Ada all fired up.
Ada helped Don with their trucking company while living in St. Paul.
They sold the business when the family moved to Denver in 1965. After settling in Denver, Ada went to work at the Rocky Mountain News.
She retired in 1992 and the couple moved back to St. Paul.
Ada cared for her husband through a long illness and his passing left an immense void until Don Goering, an old friend of the Mickelsen family, knocked on her door. Don won her heart; the two were married and eventually ended up in Fort Collins, Colo. Ada felt blessed to have found love for a second time and was grateful for every day they shared together.
Ada was dearly loved by her family and will be missed "till the cows come home."
Survivors include her husband, Don Goering, of Fort Collins, Colo.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Rick and Marjean Pedersen of Thornton, Colo., and Nick Pedersen and Susie Wolfert of St. Paul; a daughter and son-in-law, Christine and Brent Higgins of St. Petersburg, Fla.; four stepdaughters and spouses, Sandra and Jim Fuller of Sheridan, Wyo., Sherri Goering of Loveland, Colo., Cindy and Jim Vandenbark of Fleming, Colo., and Wendy and Don Dudley of Sterling, Colo.; five sisters and spouses, Ann Meyer of Hastings, Louise and Jack McIntyre of Wolbach, Helen Meyer of Fort Collins, Colo., June Wadas of Johnstown, Colo., and Dorothy and Larry Jones of Omaha; and a sister-in-law, Geraldine Mickelsen Hodges of Wheatland, Wyo. Additional survivors include 13 grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Pedersen; parents; three brothers, Einer, Miner and Earl Mickelsen; four sisters, Eva Larsen, Elda Miller, Mary Christensen and Joy Glines; seven brothers-in-law, Andy Larsen, Chester Miller, Elmer Christensen, Harold Glines, Darwin Meyer, Ray Wadas and Ray Meyer; and four sisters-in-law, Lola Mickelsen, Pearl Shrinner, Alyce Thayer and Lola Smith.
Family Members
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Eva Mickelsen Larsen
1916–1999
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Elda F. Mickelsen Miller
1918–2013
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Mary J. Mickelsen Christensen
1920–2005
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Miner Edgar Mickelsen
1921–2014
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Einer Bjegaard Mickelsen
1922–2002
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Joy Mickelson Glines
1924–2010
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Anna Marie Mickelsen Meyer
1930–2020
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Louise Elaine Mickelson McIntyre
1931–2019
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Dennis Lee Mickelsen
1934–1934
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