Obituary of Vivian Zee

Vivian (Edkin) Zee, age 63 of Columbus Junction, Iowa died Saturday, February 18, 2006, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a sudden illness. Cremation services were provided by Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City; no other services are planned at this time. Vivian was born September 8, 1942, in St. Joseph, MO, the daughter of Forrest and Iris (Eberhart) Edkin. She graduated from Columbus Junction Schools in 1960 and attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL. She married Cecil Rickey Hudson. For over ten years she worked for Stanley Consultants in Muscatine. For nearly twenty five years she lived in the Seattle, Washington area before moving back to Columbus Junction about three years ago. Her family includes her best friend and husband, Rick Hudson; mother, Iris Edkin of Columbus Junction; brothers, Frosty Edkin and his wife, Linda of Muscatine, Dr. Bruce Edkin and his wife, Lynanne of Illinois City, IL, and Dr. Roger Edkin and his wife, Pamela of Cedar Rapids, IA; sisters, Cynthia Gregory and her husband, Rev. Edward Gregory of Anchorage, AK, and Sylvia Carlson and her husband, David of Muscatine; 27 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, son, Warren Ray; and a brother, Mark Edkin. “I have found a place on this earth where I love to live, and it doesn’t matter that I will die”