Mickey K. Emmert

5/9/1947 — 10/7/2023

Service Date: 11/5/2023
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Mickey K. Emmert, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister and memory keeper passed away of a stroke Oct. 7, 2023. Mickey was born in Myrtle on May 9, 1947, to Henry and Dorothy Wolff. Mickey and her two siblings, Willy and Dixie, grew up on the family ranch across the Clearwater River from Myrtle and graduated from Lapwai High School.

Mickey met Jim Emmert at the Myrtle beach in 1964 immediately after Mickey graduated from high school. Mickey and Jim married June 11, 1965. She then graduated from Lewis-Clark State College with an education degree. Mickey and Jim both earned their master’s degrees from Portland State University. In 1972 they moved to McCall. Mickey taught fourth and sixth grades in Vancouver and McCall.

Mickey and Jim had three children. Mickey stopped teaching to be the best momma in the whole world to Adam, Summer and Sunshine. She made almost every meal from scratch, made Christmas and birthday gifts and made clothes. She had a huge garden and enjoyed oil painting. In the winter nearly every weekend was spent skiing because the family had a pass.

In 1986, the family moved to Kamiah to run a mini-storage business along with a gas station. Mickey worked hard to make that little gas station into “The Station.” Mickey was most often in the store, behind the cash register with a smile and then when Summer and Sunshine got old enough to work behind the counter, Mickey would be there to push the alcohol button and worked on all of the accounting for the hundreds of storage units and the store.

In retirement, Mickey volunteered for two years helping children read in her daughter, Sunshine’s, classroom at Webster Elementary. She enjoyed sharing meals with the “Breakfast Club” every week. She loved visiting her son Adam at his home in Mooresville, N.C. She followed her nine grandchildren to their games and school activities all over Idaho and North Carolina.

Mickey was preceded in death by her mother and father. Mickey is survived by her children Adam Emmert (Leslie Emmert) of Mooresville, Summer Emmert (Jeff Martin) of Cottonwood, and Sunshine Stewart (Shea Stewart) of Juliaetta, nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

A celebration of Mickey’s life will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, in the Steelhead Room of the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St, Lewiston.