Betty I. Stavnitzky Susla, 83, died Feb. 19, 2012, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach.
She was born in Winsted, Conn.
She graduated from The Gilbert School in Winsted and earned an R.N. license at the William Backus School of Nursing in Norwich, Conn.
She was a member of the League of Women Voters and the Greenwoods Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include her son, Jeffrey J. Susla, of Woodstock, Conn., and daughter, Cynthia W. Chick, of Dedham, Mass., and Palm Beach.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Nicholas; and two brothers, Paul M. Stavnitzky and Donald Stavnitzky.
Funeral arrangements will be private.
Arrangements are by Cox Gifford Seawinds Funeral Home & Crematory.
A guest book is available at www.seawindsfh.com.