Michel "Mickey" Kay Tool Daniels, 80, of Monroe died of complications from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Sunday, March 5, 2023, at her home. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 1:00 pm at the Monroe United Methodist Church. The family will greet friends at a luncheon beginning at 11:00 am at the church until service time. Memorial contributions may be made to the Monroe Methodist Church.

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Mrs. Daniels was born in Newton, Iowa on August 15, 1942 the only child of Charles Herwehe Tool and Irma Jean Rickabaugh and lived on the family farm outside of Monroe. She attended a one room school house until the age of five. The family moved to East St Louis, Missouri and later to College Park, Maryland where she graduated from High Point High School Class of 1960.

Mickey or "Mic" as she was lovingly called, met and married her husband, Thomas Milton Daniels, while attending High Point High. At first, she thought he was skinny and loud and referred to him as "chicken legs". They were married October 5, 1962. She enjoyed sewing and crafting, was an avid genealogy researcher, loved her Arabian Horses, and Great Pyrenees dogs. Charlie, her current fur baby, was her biggest bestest boy.

Before moving back to Monroe in 1973 she worked for Woolworth Company and the Chesapeake Potomac Telephone Company. After returning to Iowa, she worked for her father Charles Tool; Tool's Tax Service. Then Attorney Paul Vos of Mitchellville, Iowa, and was a later a Federal Employee working for the Veterans Home in Knoxville, the US Army Recruiting Command, the IRS, and the Social Security Administration where she medically retired. Mickey later worked for Jasper County Congregate Meals, and finally Wal-Mart in Newton.

She is survived by her husband Thomas Milton Daniels; a daughter Tisha Lee Daniels (David) Thurman of Tucson, Arizona; a son Thomas Christopher (Kim Cameron) Daniels Sr. of Monroe; and nine grandchildren, two step grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren and five step-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Irma Tool.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Monroe Methodist Church.