Mary G. (Trudy) Hickey dies at 86 in Oak Harbor

“Mary G. (Trudy) Hickey passed away in her Oak Harbor home on February 12th with her family she loved so deeply by her side. She was 86 years old.” That line appears on the funeral home obituary for Hickey, whose birthdate is listed as March 21, 1939.

The funeral home and local obituary listings show a service scheduled for Friday, Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. at St. Augustine Catholic Church, 185 N. Oak Harbor St., Oak Harbor, WA 98277. The event entry lists the service time as 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Whidbey News‑Times obituary copy notes a burial at Maple Leaf Cemetery following the Mass.

Early life details in the posted obituary include a familial origin that begins, verbatim, “Trudy was born to Adrian J. and Ruth Z. Payne in a log cabin on a farm in Knottsville, Kentuc...” The funeral home posting is truncated at that point in the public excerpt; the parents’ names Adrian J. Payne and Ruth Z. Payne are the only full parental names shown in the obituary material made available online.

Public response on the Legacy guestbook accompanying the obituary named several family members and offered condolences. Walter Carl Treziok wrote, “Ed, Dan, Dave and Bill. Our hearts are heavy at your loss and send our deepest condolences. Our friendship with your family goes back over 60 years to our life in Rota, Spain together. Trudy was a beautiful soul with a great southern accent and a smile that could always light up a room. May she rest in peace, and may the Lord bless you and your families with healing love. Walter and Barbar Treziok.” Martha Yount posted on Feb. 19, 2026, addressing “Ed and sons,” and wrote, “To Ed and sons, I am deeply saddened to hear of Trudy's passing. She was a very wonderful lady whom I feel privileged to have known. Ed, if there is anything I can do to help you during this difficult time, please know you and your family are in our heart's and prayers. Sincerely, The Yount family.” A posting by Robert “Bobby” Hickey on Feb. 16, 2026 read, “So sad to hear, and breaks my heart! All my love to you Ed, and the family! Bobby Hickey.”

Wallin‑Stucky Funeral Home in Oak Harbor is listed as the organizing funeral home and the online obituary page includes visitor options such as “Send flowers,” “Add a Memory,” and “Plant trees.” The online event entry for the Feb. 20 Mass gives the St. Augustine Church address at 185 N. Oak Harbor St., and community members seeking to attend the 10 a.m. service can go to that location that morning.

The obituary excerpts made public do not include a full, formal survivors list in the available text; the guestbook messages reference Ed and other family names. Maple Leaf Cemetery is named for burial on the local obituary page. Further biographical details, a complete survivors list and any reception or visitation plans were not available in the published excerpts.