Kevin
Michael Mangan, 70, of James Avenue in Burlington, died on March 20,
2025, at the University of Vermont Medical Center after a cardiac
arrest.
He
was born on January 21, 1955, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the son of
Bernard Mangan and Helen (Bauer) Mangan.
He
is survived by his daughter, Kelly Mangan, and son-in-law, Alisdair
Walker; his two grandchildren, Malcolm and Kieran Walker; his
brother, Paul Mangan, and sister-in-law, Marianne Mangan; extended
family, the Neironi Rossi family, and the many other wonderful people
he was blessed to call his friends.
He
was predeceased by his wife, Linda Sue Vaughn, on March 10, 2015,
whose final voicemail message he never deleted from his phone, even
ten years after her death.
Kevin
was a gifted musician who loved to play guitar and sing back-up
vocals as a part of a Celtic duo, Two for the Brew. He was also a
woodworker who made musical instruments and dollhouse furniture.
In
the last eight years of his life, Kevin struggled with a degenerative
neurological disease, which robbed him of his ability to walk, stand
and breathe without assistance. Despite these hardships, Kevin
listened to the music he loved, donated to progressive causes he
cared about, learned magic tricks to delight his grandchildren, went
on a trip to Montreal to watch an F1 race and did his level best to
make everyone around him laugh and feel seen.
Funeral
services will be held on Friday, April 11, at 10:45 a.m. at Saint
Mark’s Catholic Church, 251 North Ave., Burlington.
In
lieu of flowers — and in honor of Kevin’s deep and abiding sense of
justice — memorial contributions may be made to:
Doctors Without Borders USA, PO Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5030.