

VIVIAN WAS BORN MAY 9, 1958, IN NEW YORK CITY, THE DAUGHTER OF SUE LANDER BOWMAN AND PAUL BERTRAND SCOTT, JR. HER GRANDPARENTS WERE RUBY MAE AND PAUL B. SCOTT OF TYLER AND VIVIAN AND OSCAR McVEIN LANDER OF VICTORIA, TX.
HER FAMILY MOVED TO HOUSTON IN THE EARLY 60’S WHERE VIVIAN GREW UP. SHE ATTENDED TCU AND LATER WORKED IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY IN HOUSTON. SHE MOVED TO TYLER IN 2002 WITH HER HUSBAND, HENRY CRAIN STEINMANN AND DAUGHTER, “PRINCESS” LANDER ELIZABETH WENDLAND. VIVIAN WAS INVOLVED WITH THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF HOUSTON, THE TEXAS ROSE FESTIVAL, WOMENS’ SYMPHONY LEAGUE OF TYLER, TYLER JUNIOR GARDEN CLUB AND CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
VIVIAN IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER AND HER AUNT, ELIZABETH LANDER GETZENDANER OF WAXAHACHIE, TX, HER UNCLE, TRAYLOR LANDER OF WILMER HUTCHINS, TX, CYNTHIA AND JUDSON BOWMAN, RODNEY BOWMAN AND DRISCOLL BOWMAN, OF HOUSTON, LINDY AND WELDON STEINMANN OF MISSOURI AND KATIE AND JACK THOMPSON OF THE WOODLANDS. SHE ALSO HAS MANY COUSINS WHO ADORED HER, AS DID HER MANY FRIENDS.
VIVIAN’S LOVE FOR LIFE AND FUN WAS CONTAGIOUS…HER SINGUALR LAUGH AND SENSE OF HUMOR A DELIGHTFUL GIFT TO ALL.
HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE EDWIN KITTRELL, SCOTT KITTRELL, JOHN BREEDLOVE AND DENNING KEY OF TYLER, JOHN PETTY OF HOUSTON, JOHN CUNLIFFE OF WAXAHACHIE, PAUL SCOTT KITTRELL OF DENVER, RUSSELL BADGETT OF SAVANNAH, GA, AND WILLIAM MANLEY OF DALLAS.
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