Alma DeLagarde Brideau, 101, of Vero Beach, died July 21, 2009, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. She was born in New Brunswick, Canada. She moved to the United States in the 1920s and became a U.S. citizen in 1939. A former resident of Tarrytown, N.Y., and Ossining, N.Y., she moved to Vero Beach in 2002.
Before retirement in 1972, she worked at the White Plains Hospital in White Plains, N.Y., for 42 years. Survivors include her stepsons, Raymond Brideau Jr., of Vero Beach, Richard Brideau, of Haverhill, Mass., and Leonard Brideau, of Morgantown, Pa.; 12 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Brideau Sr.; and stepson, Robert Brideau.
Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA/Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960.
A Mass will be celebrated at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church in Tarrytown at a later date. Interment will be in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.Arrangements are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach. A guest book may be signed at www.seawindsfh.com/obit.php.