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In Loving Memory of Vi Egan Candee October 18, 1924 October 15, 2011 Vi Egan Candee 18 October 1924- 15 October 2011 Vi Egan Candee passed away, on October 15th, 2011 at her home in Campbellsport, Wisconsin with her family at her side. Vi was born October 18, 1924 in Milwaukee, WI. to Dr. William J. Egan and Viola Forster Egan. She was younger sister to brothers William and James. Vi Egan graduated from Milwaukee Downer Seminary in 1942. She attended Connecticut College, New York University and Parsons School of Design. On November 26, 1945 she married Richard A. Candee at Holy Rosary Church in Milwaukee. They had nine children: Kenneth, Lomira, WI; Richard Jr."Nick" (Dr.Linda Brown) Boston MA; William "Bo", Fond du Lac, WI; Rees (Suzanne Lee Wright) Scottsdale, AZ ; Michael, Kenosha, WI; Mary (Jeff Weigel) San Antonio, TX; Susan, Boulder, CO; Kathleen (Janet Koester) Chilton, WI; Christopher (Sally), Campbellsport, WI. She has 16 grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Vi is further survived by many great friends. Vi and Richard and their growing family lived in Milwaukee, moving to Florida in the mid 1950s and moving back to Milwaukee a few years later. The family settled in Campbellsport in the early 1960s. Vi knitted beautiful Norwegian sweaters with each sweater a work of art. She loved gardening on any terrain. She loved her roses when they cooperated and was patient with them when they did not. She felt the same about her offspring. She was a wonderful cook and the perfect hostess. She instilled the importance of education in her family. Vi loved tennis, swimming, hunting, good music, literature, and sporting dogs. She was never without a convertible automobile. She was able to enjoy foreign travel and was fluent in French and was working at mastery of Spanish. In addition to raising her children she did volunteer work. She was the comptroller of Bills Sporting Goods, Lomira, from 1969 to 1972. She began managing Bills Sporting Goods full time in 1975, retiring in 1998. She continued to enjoy life, family and friends always with an open door at her home. Vi was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers and her former husband. There will be a memorial mass held on Thursday October 20th at 6 PM in St Matthews Catholic Church, Campbellsport. Rev. Neil Zinthefer will officiate. Visitation will be Thursday Oct. 20th at the church from 3 to 5:45 PM. Memorials in lieu of flowers are suggested to the Arthritis Foundation, or the Friends of Kettle Moraine. Twohig Funeral Home, Campbellsport, is serving the family with online guestbook and condolences at www.twohigfunerals.com. A Mass of Christian Burial for Vi Egan Candee October 20, 2011, St. Matthew's Catholic Church Campbellsport, Wisconsin. Officiant: Father Neil Zintherfer Organist: Paul Thelan Solost: Eva Thelan Gathering Song: Here I Am Lord 376 Words: Daniel L Schutte I, the Lord of sea and sky I have heard my people cry All who dwell in dark and sin My hand will save. I who made the stars and night I will make the darkness bright Who will bear my light to them Whom shall I send? Here I am Lord Is it I Lord? I have heard you calling in the night I will go Lord If you lead me I will hold your people in my heart. I the Lord of snow and rain I have borne my people's pain I have wept for love of them They turn away. I will break their hearts of stone Fill their hearts with love alone I will speak my word to them Whom shall I send? Here I am Lord Is it I Lord? I have heard you calling in the night I will go Lord If you lead me I will hold your people in my heart. I will hold your people in my heart... Greeting, Opening Prayer and Blessing of Urn Fr. Neil Placing of Pall Children Placing of Cross Leah Timm Placing of Bible Alex Candee Penitential Rite 1st Reading- Proverbs 31: vs. 10-31 A Valiant Woman Mary Candee Who can find a VALIANT WOMAN, When life gets you down and the problems you face are certainly more than your share… When you run out of strength and you want to give up because it’s just too much to bear… I want to remind you, my precious friend, that you have what it takes inside… extraordinary courage that may not ROAR but it doesn’t cower and hide It’s the quiet voice inside you that says, “Tomorrow I’ll try again.” It’s the courage to keep on going… to see things through to the end You are not defined by this moment in time. You are not what has happened to you It’s the way you choose to respond that matters and what you decide to do Courage is not the absence of fear, but a powerful choice we make… the choice to move forward with PURPOSE …regardless of what it takes It’s the courage that’s found in ordinary women who are HEROES in their own way, exhibiting strength and fortitude in life’s challenges every day… VALIANT WOMAN of exceptional coura

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