FEGAN, Vivian Ruth 1925-2004

FEGAN, IVY, ANDERSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/23/2009 at 11:59:50

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Vivian Ruth Fegan, 79, died on Tuesday, December 21, 2004, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the United Church of Christ of Osage, with the Rev. Robert Melhorn officiating. Burial will be in the St. Ansgar Cemetery.

Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 207 S. School St., St. Ansgar.

Vivian was born on May 22, 1925, near Onawa, to E. E. and Myrtle (Ivy) Anderson. She attended various grade schools and high schools as her father was a pastor.

She met her husband, the Rev. William Robert Fegan, in Miltonville, Kansas. They were married on June 26, 1946, in rural Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, by her father, the Rev. E.E. Anderson. She moved with her husband while he was serving churches in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Vivian raised a family and was very active in churches that Bob served.

Vivian was preceded in death by her parents, brother Charles, and husband, Bob.

Vivian is survived by daughter, Rachel (Steven) Schwartz of Fairfax Station, Va.; three sons, David (Barbara) Fegan of Rock Rapids, Steven (Theresa Cain) Fegan of Bayville, N.J., and Mark (Becky) Fegan of Bellevue, Neb.; nine grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, (641) 713-4920.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]