Adalene 'Micki' Paulin

Adalene (Micki) Paulin, of Stillwater, passed from this life to join our Heavenly Father on May 1, 2017. Services will be held in Carlisle, Kentucky. Micki Paulin, age 91, was born January 31, 1926 in Carlisle, KY, to Catesby James and Gertrude (Waugh) Cartmill. She graduated from Carlisle High School and attended Ashland Business College in Ashland, KY, graduating with an accounting degree in 1944.

Micki worked as an accountant for General Telephone of Kentucky and General Telephone of Ohio. Micki met the love of her life, Ed Paulin, in 1947 while working as an accountant for a hotel chain in Ironton, OH. The couple married June 16, 1949, and began a long and happy life together for 58 years before Eds passing in 2008.

Micki and Ed moved to Stillwater in 1971 and Micki began working at Oklahoma State University for the School of Journalism and Broadcasting. She retired in 1988.

Micki served in presidential roles for several professional organizations. She served as President of the Jayceettes for seven years, President of Lahoma Newcomers at OSU in 1972, and president of her sorority Delta Theta Tau for three years. She was also a lifetime member of the Emeriti Association of OSU. She served four years as a representative for the Silver Haired Legislature in Oklahoma.

Micki loved volunteering and being around people. She volunteered at Stillwater Medical Center and Project Heart. She also served on several pastoral committees and was a member of Sunnybrook Christian Church. She enjoyed family visits and inviting students into their home when the weather did not allow students to travel home. Some of Mickis favorite memories were of all the wonderful trips she took with Ed as they enjoyed traveling together. Micki loved playing cards with her sister Gladys when she would come to visit and with all her friends from church.

Micki was preceded in death by her husband Ed, her parents, four brothers and two sisters. She is survived by her sister, Gladys Gifford, of Carlisle, Kentucky, and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Mickis name to the Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, KY, in care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home at 5106 N Washington St, Stillwater, OK 74075.

Arrangements are under the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater along with Mathers-Gaunce Funeral Home, Carlisle, KY. Condolences may be sent to the family via an on line guestbook at www.pmcfh.com or www.mathers-gauncefuneral.com.