Vincent Ross Mangin

VINCENT ROSS MANGIN DIED ON DECEMBER 12, 2021. HE WAS 71. HE WAS BORN IN NEWARK, NJ IN APRIL, 1950. BEFORE MOVING TO BERKELY HEIGHTS IN 1955, VINCENT AND HIS PARENTS LIVED IN MAPLEWOOD, NJ. IT WAS IN BERKELY HEIGHTS WHERE HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER HE GRADUATED, VINCE WENT TO AN ART COLLEGE IN CONNECTICUT THEN SPENT A YEAR IN PARIS, FRANCE CONTINUING HIS ART STUDIES. VINCENT'S PASSION IN LIFE WAS ABOUT ART AND THE OUTDOORS. HIS INSPIRATION FOR HIS PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES CAME FROM NATURE AND LIFE. A PAMPHLET WAS ONCE PUBLISHED ABOUT HIS WORK IN THE 80'S. IN AUGUST OF 2006, THE WEST CHARLESTON LIBRARY IN LAS VEGAS SHOWED MANY OF HIS SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS WHICH MADE THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. SOME OF HIS WORK CAN BE SEEN ONLINE "VRM ART ORIGINALS". ANOTHER OF VINCENT'S TALENT WAS HAIR CUTTING AND STYLING. DURING THE EARLY 1990'S, ALONG WITH HIS THEN WIFE CHRISTINA, HE OPENED & OPERATED A VERY SUCCESSFUL HAIR STUDIO FOR CHILDREN, CREATING A SPACE COMPETELY EQUIPPED WITH VIDEO GAMES AT EACH SEAT (WHICH WAS BEFORE THEY BECAME A HUGE HIT) AND IT WAS ALSO A PLACE WHERE KIDS COULD HAVE THEMED PARTIES. VINCE (AS HE WAS KNOWN TO FRIENDS), HAD A PASSION FOR THE WEST AND HORSES. HE LOVED CAMPING ON THE RANGE AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIS LOVE FOR THE OUTDOORS WAS REMARKABLE AND HE COULD EASILY HAVE SURVIVED LIVING OFF THE GRID! VINCENT MARRIED "HIS LOVE" CHRISTINA McQUILLAN. THEY WERE TOGETHER FOR 30 YRS. THEY HAD MOVED A COUPLE OF TIMES LANDING IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA WHICH BECAME THEIR HOME FOR 20 YEARS. THEY WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS A FEW YEARS AGO. VINCENT STAYED IN THE AREA AND HAD MANY GOOD FRIENDS IN "SIENNA" AND FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HE WAS CLOSE WITH LYNNE MORRIS, ALSO FROM LAS VEGAS. VINCE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING TO HELP PEOPLE. HE TRAINED TO BE IN THE EMS. HE TAUGHT ART CLASSES TO THE "NON-SIGHTED". HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. HE ALSO HELPED BEHIND THE SCENES WITH SOME THEATRICAL STAGING. HE WAS IN GREAT PHYSICAL SHAPE FROM GOOD EXERCISE. VINCENT LEAVES BEHIND HIS BROTHER MICHAEL (SISTER-IN-LAW SUZANNE) AND HIS TWO NEPHEWS, MICHAEL ROSS AND DANIEL JAKE AS WELL AS SEVERAL COUSINS THAT HE GREW UP AND HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH. IT WAS THE 60'S AND 70'S!! A MEMORIAL FOR VINCENT WILL BE MONDAY 12/20/2021 FROM 4:00-6:00 AT THE AFFORDABLE CREMATION AND BURIAL, 2127 WEST CHARLESTON BLVD, LAS VEGAS, NV 89102.

Vincent Ross Mangin

April 15, 1950 - December 12, 2021