Margie Lee Sikes

MARGIE LEE SIKES March 28, 1945 ~ February 9, 2013 Margie Sikes, 67, passed away unexpectedly from terminal lung cancer on Feb. 9, 2013 at work, shortly after being diagnosed weeks prior. She was born in Portland, OR on March 28, 1945 to Gordon and Minnie Sikes, who preceded her in death, as well as her sister, Kathy Beatty. Margie resided in Vancouver, WA thereafter. She graduated from Fort Vancouver High School and attended Portland State University. Margie met and married Terry Lee Cook and started a family. Her daughter Lisa Anne Jubilee was born in 1966 and in 1971, she welcomed her son Glenn Raymond. In 1971, she went to work for Young Corporation in Vancouver, WA, where she met James "Jim" Caley. After a fire destroyed the Vancouver location of Young Corporation, she journeyed with Jim Caley to open Caley and Associates in 1978. Over the course of her tenure there, she became co-owner/partner with Jim as they collectively grew the firm over the years to one of the larger CPA firms in the Vancouver area. Unexpectedly, Jim Caley passed away in November 2011, where already partial owner, Rustin Brewer and Margie Sikes decided to continue the legacy of Caley and Associates even today. She was very dedicated to her clients and counted many as friends, family and loved ones. Her standard of excellence and dedication to her clients was not just professional, but a passion of her heart. She will leave a big void at the firm, but knowing she would be partially retiring soon, she prepared Rustin well to absorb more of her client base in the last few years. And although Margie is not there physically, her spirit and that standard of excellence is in the DNA of Caley and Associates and in her partner Rustin and with the staff. Margie was also very active in local and state politics. Over the years, Margie personally, and thru her partnership with Jim, helped lead successful campaigns at state, local and national levels where she was helpful in securing many elected positions that brought good changes. Margie's passions included work, friends at Jake's, and her weekend times with her grandchildren, which were the highlights of her life, along with intimate times with her children, Lisa and Glenn. Margie was never afraid to share her opinion and was really a matriarch in many lives professionally, friendship wise and certainly family. She was a strong Christian believer who loved well and talked openly of her loving relationship with the Lord to all those around her in HOPES they too would find the peace that passes all understanding thru Christ Jesus. Her favorite shows included; Touched By an Angel, Perry Mason, Murder She Wrote, Scrooged (A Christmas Carol-any Christmas Show), Loves Endures Softly Collection, Independence Day and The Thomas Kincaid Christmas Cottage. Margie is survived by her daughter, Lisa AJ CookeDoyle and son-in-law, Charles S. Doyle; son, Glenn Raymond Cook and daughter-in-law, Julie L. Cook; her grandchildren, Johnathon Israel Cook, Stephen David and Esther Hope-Anne Doyle, Paige Elizabeth and Emily Marie Cook; sisters, Mickey Madewell and Linda Mersereau; her best friend, Wayne McDonald; and like-daughters, Kristina Smith and Lori Nigro; followed by other countless Family, Friends, Work Associates and Loved Ones. Thank you to those who have been part of her life. The service will be at 12:30 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 13, 2013 at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Margie requested that no flowers be sent to the family; instead, memorial donation checks may be mailed to Caley & Associates, PO Box 1388, Vancouver, WA 98666, made out to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital .

Margie Lee Sikes

March 28, 1945 - February 9, 2013