Vangie graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1986. She furthered her education graduating from St. Cloud State University in 1996, with a degree in Urban Planning. Vangie worked for several non-profit organizations including, United Migrant Opportunity Services and The Southeast Initiative Foundation. She also worked as a fundraiser developer for ARC Midstate and Central Minnesota Jobs.

Vangie volunteered her time at her church, the schools and the farmers market, which she helped establish in Sauk Rapids. She enjoyed spending her spare time walking, biking, caring for her cat and truly loved her two children, Stephanie and Weston.

Vangie is survived by her two children, Stephanie and Weston Schueller of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota; her mother, Jean Thompson of Spirit Lake; her sister, Darcy Thompson-Minor, and her husband, Richard, and four children, Autumn, Cheyanne, Ridge and Tanasi, of Franklin, Ohio; half-brother, Marshall; half-sister, Stacy; and her biological father, Wayne Meyer of Sumner, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her father, Duane Thompson; and her grandparents, Derald and Bernice Thompson.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30A.M. Thursday, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Spirit Lake. Visitation will be held Wednesday, from 5:00P.M. until 7:00P.M., with a Vigil for the Deceased at 6:30P.M. at the Schuchert Funeral Home. Burial will be at St. Margaret’s Cemetery. Memorials may be given in Vangie’s name to the American Diabetic Association.

The Schuchert Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.