Vici MacIntosh

It is with a heavy heart to announce the passing of Kathleen Victoria "Vici" MacIntosh, 81, who passed away peacefully in Cedar Park, TX, on October 2, 2024. Vici was born on December 16, 1942, to Allen and Kathleen "Tommy" Dorsey in Midland, Texas.

After graduating from Midland High School, Vici loaded her Datsun and headed to the Rocky Mountains to attend college, leaving the desert climate in her rearview mirror. Vici was not only a Jill of all trades who excelled in many different things but also a firecracker determined to set the world on fire and blaze a trail. While attending Colorado State University, where she was affectionately called "Tex," she studied Commercial Art, held a third-degree brown belt honors (San -Kyu) in Judo, and was a fine artist who changed the spelling of her name from "Vickie" to "Vici" to be more aesthetically pleasing on her works of art. Vici also was a fashionista who doubled as a designer and seamstress of her clothes.

After her Colorado journey ended, Vici returned to Texas, where she spent time in Argyle, Denton, and eventually landed in Cedar Park, where she would never let someone confuse that with Austin. Vici was a gourmet cook who could make anything taste amazing, with chicken enchiladas being a source of spirited debate if that was indeed her best dish. She loved golf, where she would tee off from the men's tee and give almost everyone a run for their money. Vici also enjoyed gardening and somehow found the art of keeping a dozen orchids alive for multiple years. Tex also spent a lot of time in community theater, acting and helping other actors with their makeup before the opening act took to the stage. She also loved to travel, with a few of her favorite highlights being kissing the Blarney Stone in Ireland, touring the Acropolis & Parthenon in Greece, and watching Federer and Djokovic face off in the 2015 US Open Men's Final.

Throughout her vibrant professional life, Vici was a realtor, coached young professionals on entrepreneurship, owned several Merle Norman stores, served in the Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce, crafted jewelry she sold at small businesses, and catered events with her delicious meals.

Tex never met a stranger; she would promptly share trivia knowledge and life wisdom, and if you were fortunate enough, she would offer up William Shakespeare prose. She also served as the official 'Twas the Night Before Christmas storyteller every Christmas at family gatherings where wide-eyed kids would always get a kick out of the way she would emphasize and illustrate "a bundle of toys he had flung on his back". Conversely, there would be demands for a do-over when one of her Christmas trivia questions was to name the other reindeer, and few could agree that "Olive" was indeed the other reindeer.

Vici was preceded in death by her parents, Allen and Kathleen "Tommy" Dorsey, her sister Gay Dorsey, brother Conrad Dorsey, and her beloved cousin, whom she cherished as a sister Becky Powell.

She is survived by her children, Matt Simmons, Tracy Simmons, and Chris MacIntosh, and her fur grandbabies, Burroughs and Cooper. She also had several beautiful friends she considered family, whom she loved and cared for immensely.

We are deeply grateful to the wonderful team at The Pavillion who took compassionate care of her and loved her for being uniquely Vici.

In place of flowers, please spread kindness and share your life anecdotes in honor of Vici.

A Celebration of Life honoring Vici to be scheduled in the coming weeks.