Michael Keith Luckey of Boerne, Texas, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Nov. 2, 2025, at the age of 68.
Mike was born to Lt. Col. (Ret.) Edward K. Luckey and Helen DePoy Luckey on June 3, 1957, in Enid, Oklahoma. The son of an Air Force flight instructor, Mike grew up around military bases in Oklahoma, Kansas, California, and Texas. He graduated from Winston Churchill High School in San Antonio in 1975, then earned an associate’s degree in Mechanical Technology from Texas State Technical Institute in Waco in the late 1970s.
After completing an internship with Southwest Research Institute, Mike began what would become a lifelong career there. He worked for more than 30 years and retired as a Principal Engineering Technologist. He was known for his sharp mind and quiet leadership, and for always believing that his job was to solve the customer’s problem.
