Virginia M. Colleary, 85, died Oct. 31, 2011, at Palm Garden of Vero Beach.
She was born in Wallington, N.J., and lived in Vero Beach since 1979, coming from Indianapolis.
She was a laboratory supervisor in the Harkness Pavilion in Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City.
She was a graduate of Bergen County Hospital School of Medical Technology in Ridgewood, N.J.
She was a member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church.
Survivors include her son, William III, of Thornton, Colo.; sister, Gladys Baldwin, of Vero Beach; and brother, Russell Vanacek, of Stratton Mountain, Vt.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, William Jr., in 2010; and a son, Brian J. Colleary, in 1978.
Services will be private. Arrangements are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach.
A guestbook is available at www.seawindsfh.com.