Vivian LaVonne Anderson

Anderson, Vivian LaVonne
76 of Scottsdale, AZ passed away February 2, 2013 from complications with cancer. She was born in Ft. Collins, CO to Henry & Lydia (Frickel) Kerbel. Vivian was a member of Scottsdale Bible Church. Vivian was a woman of integrity, loyalty and honesty which was evident from her 38 years of employment with Mort Fleischer during his many entrepreneurial ventures. These included Antelope Valley Ranches, Southern States Coal, Mexican Radio Station, Franchise Finance Corporation of America and Spirit Finance along with other merger and acquisition companies. Vivian was preceded in death by her father & mother, Henry & Lydia, sisters Dorothy Jacoby & Betty Waitman; brother Clarence. Survivors include her daughter Vaughn Dee Konegni and husband Steve, grandchildren Tiffany Godfrey, Meghan Saar, brother Robert Kerbel wife Jane, great grandchildren Elizabeth, Carter & Kathryn, cousin Shirley Weitzel, as well as several aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. Vivian was always positive, happy and loved by all. She looked forward to her daily morning coffee with her friends. She liked ballroom dancing, bowling, golfing, going to movies with her daughter and loved going on cruises and traveling with her cousin Shirley. They visited the Western and Eastern Caribbean, Alaska, New England, Quebec, The Baltic Sea, Hawaii, and went on a riverboat cruise on the Rhine. They also spent 2 weeks in Hawaii every June for about 12 years to get out of the heat in Arizona. She would return to Ft Collins annually to attend her high school class reunion. Funeral Services will be held at Messinger Indian School Mortuary, 7601 E Indian School Rd, Scottsdale, AZ on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 10 am. There will be a graveside service at Roselawn Cemetery in Ft. Collins, CO Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 1 pm. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 or www.cancer.org.