Mickie Ana Newland passed away early on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at her home in Westport, Wash. She had been suffering from heart and liver problems. She was born in Aberdeen, Wash. on July 26, 1960, to Glenna (Brown) Newland and John Newland.
She spent many years working in the commercial fishing industry up and down the West Coast and off of Hawaii. She loved fishing and the ocean. She had lived in Hawaii for many years. In recent years, she had worked at the Westport Shipyard and had been helping to care for her grandmother and mother.