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 Montréal 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.
This article appears in Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2025.