After 48 years, Mikulski’s teaching career ends



Steve Mikulski, wife Holly White Mikulski, daughter Linda Marie Mikulski

Steve Mikulski, Class of 1964, who grew up in Carolina, has taught his final class in his 48-year teaching career, as advertised.

Steve and wife Holly White Mikulski are moving from Germantown, Maryland where Steve taught in Montgomery County Public Schools, to Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Fairmont State grad Steve and Holly have been married for 35 years. Holly will retire officially in early 2017 after 22 years of teaching in the same school system as Steve.

Daughter Linda Marie Mikulski was there for his final day. Another daughter, Kristen Mikulski Mitchell, who lives in Istanbul, Turkey, is married to Nick Mitchell and is a 2004 WVU grad.

Steve’s siblings are Tom Mikulski, Class of 1966, who grew up in Carolina and lives in Henderson, Nevada; David Higinbotham, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Catherine Rogers, of Fairmont; and Susan Morgan Perrotto of Cupertino, California.  

Steve was born in his grandparents’ house on First Street in Carolina in the same neighborhood as Harold Dean Kniceley.

Steve’s mother was the late Violet Morris Higinbotham Mikulski, Class of 1944, who was married to Eugene Higinbotham and then Stephen “Charlie” Mikulski. Violet’s parents were Courtie “Jack” and Eunice Louise (Belt) Morris. 

Violet lived in Carolina, where she worked in the U.S. Post Office from 1936 until 1968, when she moved to Monongah. She was a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at Fairmont General Hospital for 30 years.

Tom’s son, Tom B. Mikulski II, is a 1986 North Marion High grad who lives in Denver, Colorado.