Mikee Neill

Marguerite R. “Mikee” Neill died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at her Seminole home after a long, courageous battle against cancer. She was 58. Services will be 1:30 p.m., Monday, May 14, 2012 at the First United Methodist Church located at 910 Wrangler Blvd. in Seminole, Oklahoma, followed by Internment at Maple Grove Cemetery with Pastor Gary Wilburn officiating. Born at the Ashiya Air Force Base Hospital on October 7, 1953 in Kyushu, Japan, Mikee was the daughter of Oklahoma natives Maj. A. Burt and Josephine Hamilton. She and her family lived at Scott AFB in Illinois, in Hamburg, NY and at Edwards AFB in California before her family settled permanently in Midwest City in 1967. Mikee was a 1971 graduate of Midwest City High School. She attended Oklahoma State University for two years before she met the love of her life, Phil. After they married in 1974, they lived in The Village. She worked for the state Employment Security Commission and graduated in 1976 from the University of Central Oklahoma. Their daughter Robyn was born in 1978. In 1980, Mikee and Phil moved to Seminole where he launched his CPA firm. She managed the office and tried – with modest success – to keep Phil in line! Mikee was multi-talented, quick-witted and quick to laugh. Nothing was better than spending time with family and friends, whether at Deer Camp, reunions or holidays. She especially loved Christmas, creating hand-stitched, personalized stockings for every family member to hang over the fireplace. She and Robyn were more than mother-daughter – they were best friends. A longtime member of Seminole First United Methodist Church, Mikee was active in the Beta Sigma Phi sorority and PEO Chapter CL. She had a keen decorating and landscaping eye and especially loved to work her flowerbeds. She loved old movies and had an incredibly tender heart for animals, especially strays – many of which took up permanent residence with her and Phil. Mikee was preceded in death by her parents and her beloved in-laws, Lawrence and Pauline Neill. Survivors include husband Phil of the home; daughter Robyn of Yukon; brother and sister-in-law, Arnold and Beverly Hamilton of Edmond; nephew Matt of Edmond; nephew Andy, his wife Ashley, great-nephew Maddox and great-niece Lyndley, all of El Dorado, KS; and a host of family and friends.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society in memory of Mrs. “Mikee” Neill at American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718 Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or online at www.cancer.org Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Oklahoma. Funeral Information: May 14, 2012, 1:30 PM First United Methodist Church - Seminole located at 910 Wrangler Blvd., Seminole, OK 74868