Diana Lee Knuth-Swiss, 50, died Aug. 19, 2011, at The Palms nursing home in Palm Bay.
She was born in Queens, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach for nine years.
She was a volunteer with the Hibiscus Festival and the Pelican Wildlife Refuge for several years.
She was the first person in medical history to undergo cryogenics for a brain surgery to repair an aneurysm in 1991.
Survivors include her husband of 25 years, Jody D. Swiss; and siblings, Alan Knuth and Marilyn Hargrove, both of New York.
No services are planned.
Burial will be in New York.
Arrangements are by the All County Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach.
