Vera Dillard Arborio

June 19, 1926 - July 7, 2019

Vera Dillard Arborio 93, of Grand Island and New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and formerly of Poughkeepsie and Lagrange, New York passed away on July 7, 2019. She was born in Eustis, Florida on June 19, 1926 to Barney and Agness Wainright Dillard. Vera was a member of the First Church of Christ, now known as Lake Eustis Christian Church of Eustis. Vera married Joseph Arborio at her parents home in Eustis on August 24, 1945. After their honeymoon, they settled in Poughkeepsie, New York. She was a member of the Vassar Brothers Hospital Auxiliary, the St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary and a lifetime member of the Dutchess Golf and Country Club all of Poughkeepsie. She was on the Board of Directors of Dutchess Quarry & Supply Company of Pleasant Valley and Goshen, New York. She was also a member of the Smyrna Yacht Club of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and a member of the former Pine Meadows Golf and Country Club of Eustis. Vera was predeceased by her loving husband Joe in 2014, they were married for 68 years. She also was predeceased by her brothers, Emery, Murrell, Barney, Jerry and Charles Dillard, and her sisters, Arlie Dillard Carter and Mary Jane Massey. Vera is also survived by numerous nephews and nieces, great-nephews and nieces and great great nephews and nieces that she loved so much. She will also be missed by her faithful companion, Harley. In lieu of flowers, donations, cards or food for the family, please remember a happy time with Vera. Entombment will be at a later date in the Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum, Eustis, Florida.