Born Jan. 21, 1955
Poughkeepsie, New York
Died March 20, 2025
Burlington, Vermont
Details of services
Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 11, at 10:45 a.m. at Saint Mark’s Catholic Church (1251 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
(Or online at: donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate?type=tribute)
Kevin Michael Mangan, 70, of James Avenue in Burlington, died on March 20, 2025 at UVM Medical Center after a cardiac arrest.
He was born on January 21, 1955 in Poughkeepsie, New York, 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 his 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 others laugh.