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Vivian Pilgrim
VIVIAN IRENE PILGRIM Manchester Vivian Irene Pilgrim, 90, passed away peacefully April 27, 2019. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, Leonard-Muller Funeral Home, Manchester. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, First Lutheran Church, Manchester. Friends may also call one hour before the funeral Wednesday at the church. Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Manchester. She was born June 7, 1928, in Virden, Ill. On Dec 31, 1949, she married Eldo Johnson. They were blessed with two children, Gary (Pat) Johnson of Dundee and Connie (Kevin) Quass of Burnsville, Minn. Vivian and Eldo farmed until retiring to Manchester in 1983. Eldo died in December 2000. Later, Vivian found happiness when in 2003 she married Robert Pilgrim of Manchester. Vivian was a loving person who valued her family and friends above all. She is survived by her children; Robert's children, Dennis (Donna) Pilgrim, Dave (Marilyn) Pilgrim, Susie (Kent) Salow and Mary White; and many loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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