Laura Winther-Strait, 62, died May 5, 2012, at the VNA Hospice in Vero Beach.
She was born in Oceanside, N.Y., and lived in Florida since 1987, residing in Sebastian, Fort Myers and Vero Beach.
She was employed as a property manager in Fort Myers for the ten years.
Before that she was the first secretary at the Vero Beach Environmental Learning Center.
She graduated from Baldwin High School in New York, and later from Nassau Community College, also in New York.
Survivors include her parents, Ruth and John Winther, of Vero Beach; sister, Linda Winther Eggermann, of Vero Beach; brother Fred Winther, of Huntington, N.Y., and John Winther, of Mastic Beach, N.Y.; and stepson, Jonathan Strait, of Winter Park.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society , P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.
A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. May 12 at Living Lord Lutheran Church in Vero Beach.
Her ashes will be placed in the columbarium on the church grounds.
A guest book is available at www.seawindsfh.com.