Vivian Bridgett

Vivian Bridgett, 91, of Sioux City passed away July 26, 2019 at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held 7:00 P.M. Wednesday at Wesley United Methodist Church with a visitation one hour prior to service time. 

Vivian (Merriman) Bridgett was born in Dixon, Ill to George and Florence (Joslyn) Merriman on August 18, 1927. She moved to Pierson, Iowa with her mother and two sisters. She graduated from Pierson High School in 1945, graduated from business college in Sioux City and worked in bookkeeping and payroll departments for I.P.S., KayDee Feed/NutraFlo and Guarantee Roofing, retiring in 1984. In 1949, she married Robert Bridgett, they lived in Sioux City until 1980 when they built a home on an acreage West of Hinton and lived there for 28 years. Returned to Sioux City in 2007.

She is survived by two children: Catherine Anderson (Carey) and Ronald Bridgett (Ellen); three grandsons: Bradley Anderson (Annalissa), Andrew Sample (Elizabeth), Nicholas Sample; nine great grandchildren; one sister Shirley Pressel; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, grandson Rodney Bridgett, great grandson Bailey Sample, her mother and stepfather: Florence and Paul Treptow, father George Merriman, brother Lee Merriman, and sister Helen Warren.