Carol Aileen O’Brien, 74, died Dec. 6, 2011, at Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa.
She was born in Boston and lived in Vero Beach for 25 years, coming from Detroit.
She was a former manager of the Harold Grant Store, Vero Beach.
She received her associate degree from Marymount College, Arlington, Va.
She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Vero Beach; Junior League of Detroit; and committee for fundraising for the Action Auction for the Grosse Pointe Academy; and co-chairman of Tennis and Crumpets for the Children’s Hospital of Michigan.
Survivors include her husband of 53 years Miles O’Brien Jr., of Vero Beach; son, Miles O’Brien III, of Chevy Chase, Md.; daughter, Aileen Graef, of Vero Beach; brothers, Philip Riley, of Wellesley, Mass., and Kevin Riley, of Brighton, Mass.; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Russell Riley Jr.
Memorial contributions may be made to Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive, UTC-FOUND, Tampa, FL 33612-9416.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Dec. 15 at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Vero Beach.
Arrangements are by Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory Vero Beach.
A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.