Nora Algene Burns

Nora (Micki) Algene Ellis Burns, 85, passed peacefully from this life on Monday, November 7, 2022. Nora was born December 22, 1936, in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Alva Ellis and Agnes (Morris) Ellis, and she was the youngest of their seven daughters. She held a bachelor’s degree in English and French and she taught high school in both Colorado and Texas. She later moved into the world of stocks and insurance sales, completing her series 7 certificate, as well as property and casualty insurance licenses. In her spare time, Micki was passionate about music, having a lovely voice, as well as being active in community theatre.

Family was her real joy, and she was cherished by her two daughters, Lynne (Bartleson) Howard and Kristi (Bartleson) Stahli, and four grandchildren, Erika and Natalia Howard, and Michel and Annika Stahli. She is survived by her sister, Bobbie Jean (Ellis) Clinkenbeard, as well as by her dear friends, Lou Ann and Carlos Hernandez, and the Angels Among Us caregivers of Weatherford, Texas. She was a treasure to those who knew her and will be greatly missed.