In Loving Memory......

Lori Lee Ward Mickelson, age 49, passed away January 10th 2010. Things were rough for her and loved ones at the end of her life but she left behind a couple generations of amazing kids, grandkids, memories and she is very much missed by everyone who knew her.

Lori was born January 2nd 1961 to Don and Gale Ward in Kingman Arizona. She had three brothers named Donny, David and Steven. She was an amazing artist and had some of the most beautiful paintings. She loved to show them off and talk about them. She also was an amazing sales lady! This woman could sell ice to an eskimo. (Thankfully Jake got this trait of hers, cause thats whats paying the bills) She started her own Tamale business and was very successful. She got to travel all over and make great friends and meet amazing people and was given different awards throughout her career. Another thing that made her unique was her athletic abilities. She would excersice by riding her bike endless miles through cliffs and hills. She would jog miles and miles up the mountain to there home in Pintura. She would lift weights and was very in shape and toned throughout her whole adulthood.
(Sorry about quality of the pictures, alot of these were hard to get and hard to transfer to the computer)

The most important thing about Lori was her family. She has 6 kids of her own and 4 grandchilren and that number is only going to get bigger. She nursed everyone of her kids till they could say "no!" and she loved her kids with everything she had. Up until her last day, thats all she could talk about. She constantly said how much she loved them, how she was so proud of all of them, and how lucky she felt to be there mother.

(Jacob)

(Ashley and Jacob)

(Somer and Ashley)

(Aubree and Jon)

(Jon on Mommy's Lap)

(Jacob with Lori's Mom Gale and husband Normon)

(Somer and Ashley)

She also loved her husband Jody.

(Tying the knot)

~All The People Alive Because of Lori~

Somer was Lori's first child born on September 19th 1984. At the time Lori was married to Barry King. He is the father of Lori's first two children. Somer is now a stunning young lady, age 25. She lives in Las Vegas Nevada. She has two kids, Javion and Hannah. She is just like her mom and works out like crazy! She loves horseback riding and shopping and is currently with a GREAT guy named Vince! :D

Ashley was born September 4th 1987 to Lori and Barry King. Down the road a little the two got a divorce and eventually came to St. George Utah and she met Jody Mickelson. Ashley is now 22 years old and lives with her gorgeous little family in Abaline Texas. Her husband is in the airforce and they have a 1 year old son name Tank Ryan. Ashleys got her moms sense of humor (for sure!) and her natural beauty. She doesnt even need to put makeup on and she looks great. She likes spending time with her family, starbucks and shopping.

(Ashley holding Jacob)

Jacob Conan Mickelson (King)(Long story) was born January 18th 1991 to Jody and Lori. Everyone said he was a happy little baby and always smiling. Jake is now 19 years old. Him and his family live in St. George Utah. Him and his wife have 1 daughter named Zoe Rose King. Using the amazing talents he got from his mom he retails for Dishnetwork, Directv, Verizon, Sprint etc. He's one of the top salesman in the company. Jake loves video games, watching movies, spending time with his family, food and the great outdoors.

Aubree Mickelson was born on February 15th 1995. This girl is an animal lover. She can tell you anything about any animal! She watches discovery channel and animal planet for fun and is always looking up stuff online to find out more about them. She's raised Great Dane's, German Sheperds, Ferrits, Horses and other breeds of dogs here and there. She's also got her moms long, skinny figure and will soon be 16! In one year boys! Aubree also loves excercising, hiking, listening to music, hanging with her friends and outsmarting her little brother.

Jon Luc Mickelson was born November 3rd 1998. At age three Jon was hit by a jeep. His head and body was run over. He was life lighted to another city where he was in critical condition for three months. The doctors said he wouldn't even make the flight down to Vegas and kept saying it as months passed. Lori was at the hospital by his side the entire time and luckily Abby was a baby at the time cause the only way Jon would eat anything was to be nursed. They finally transferred him back to St. George where he had to learn to walk again going from wheelchair to walker. But obviously he pulled through and he's the loudest one of them now! He's also the shortest :) Jon is now 11 and is a ripped little kid. He can do sit ups and pull ups all day long. He wants to be a UFC fighter someday and he enjoys video games, snowboarding, basketball, football and wrestling.

Jade Abigail Mickelson (Abby) was born on January 25th 2002. She's the baby of the family and is now 8 years old. She was just baptized a member of the church a couple weeks ago and is the cutest girl ever! This girl ha got her mothers artistic talent, she can draw amazingly good pictures for her age. You give her blank paper and crayons and she's occupied all day long. She's always drawing us pictures and showing us cool new things she can draw. She's also got a good size attitude just like her mom, so dont make her mad. She loves being with her family, coloring, watching t.v and movies, playing board games, animals and just about anything with sugar in it.

Javion Disney was born October 13th 2001 to Somer and Brandon. He's now 8 years old and has definately got his own unique personality. This kid can dance! You get the right tunes goin and he'll get out and break dance and show everyone else up. He's also smooth with the ladies ;) and always has something smart or funny to say. You cant help but smile around this kid. He likes to skateboard, ride scooters, ride bikes, swimming, watching movies, and like the rest of his family....foood!

Hannah Disney was born on July 29th 2004. Right now she is 5 years old and i swear this girl will be a model. Just like her mom and grandma, she has a long skinny figure and the cutest face! This girl also love clothes, she likes to mix and match outfits and look cute. She's got a sweet personality and likes to watch out for her brother (when there not fighting). Everyone who meets Hannah loves her to death! She loves to swim, dance, watch t.v and doing anything outdoors.

Tank Ryan was born December 11th 2008 to Ashley and JD. He's a little over a year old now and is going to be a heart breaker someday. He's a mommy's boy and Lori couldnt wait for him to be born. She loved him so much and I'm positive she's looking after him.

Zoe Rose was born May 18th 2009 to Jacob and Kelsi. She's currently 9 months old and a big time drama queen! Zoe got Lori's beautiful eyes and for the short time she got to spend with her, Lori taught Jake a trick to getting her to sleep by stroking her forehead lightly and it works everytime. Same as for Tank,Hannah, and Javion, Lori loved her grandkids and she's watching over all of them.

~Funeral~

Night before, Kids were playing with zoe and tank.

Inside of the casket. Good family friend Cathy painted this....

Everyone together.....

Getting the casket ready night before

Cathy also painted this on the outside......exact stuff Lori loved to paint

The Whole Family

All her Kids....

Everyone put there handprint on the casket and signed it....

Funeral Service...

Last glimpse of Lori.....

Where she wanted to be buried, at her home in the mountains. Pintura

Lori.....you are so missed