MILDRED PAULA BARRETT LUCIUS, HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY CALLED HER MIKKI, WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 8TH 1929 IN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TO JOSEPH MILTON BARRETT AND MARGARATHA MAGDALENE PAULA TIEDE BARRETT. SHE SPENT HER CHILDHOOD WITH HER PARENTS AND HER BROTHER CLIFF IN UTAH, TEXAS , NEW MEXICO, NEBRASKA, AND COLORADO. SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL FROM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL IN DENVER IN 1948. SHE THEN ATTENDED COLLAGE AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY AND FINISHED AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY. SHE THEN ATTENDED NURSING SCHOOL AT MERCY HOSPITAL AFTER WHICH TIME SHE MARRIED AND HAD FOUR CHILDREN. PAULA, SHELLY, PATRICK, AND ALAN. SHE LATER MOVED TO THORNTON COLORADO IN 1963 WITH HER HUSBAND RALPH LUCIUS( WHO HAD FOUR CHILDREN OF HIS OWN RAMONA, GREG, CAROL,AND PAUL) WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL HER DEATH. AFTER HER CHILDREN GREW UP SHE WENT TO WORK AT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS A FIELD SUPERVISOR. SHE RETIRED IN 1995 AND SPENT THE REST OF HER LIFE LOVING AND CARING FOR HER FOUR CHILDREN,THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, AND FIFTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.