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
- published: 03 Nov 2011
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