Vineta M. Raley, 91, passed on, on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at the William Childs Hospice House in Palm Bay. Prior to moving to Melbourne FL in 1957, she and her family lived in Oklahoma, California, New Mexico and Venezuela, S.A.
She was a member of the Cushing Oklahoma High School "Class of 1934".

Ms Raley received her Bachelors degree from Central State College and her Masters with Honors in English and Adminstration from Rollins College.

 Mrs. Raleys 32-year public education career included 11 years as an English teacher in Brevard County junior and senior high schools and nine years as principal of Indialantic Elementary School. She received the Florida Star Teacher Award on two occasions. She was made a John Hay Fellow in 1960, with a scholarship in the Humanities at Bennigton College, VT.

Mrs. Raley worked for over 12 years with Drs. Glenn Bryan and Daniel King, continuing as a volunteer staff member until the age of 90. An active member of her community, often serving as an officer in the organizations to which she be longed, Mrs Raley was also a charter member of the Melbourne chapter of the American Association of University Women and the Brevard Symphony Orchestra South Guild.

A member of Delta Kappa Gamma International (an honorary society for women educators), the Chamber Music Society, and the Civic Music Association she also served the City of Melbourne as a member of the Library Board and the Planning and Zoning Board for several years.

Greatly devoted to the CK Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the First United Methodist Church of Melbourne, of which she was member since 1957, the Prayer Ministry and the Fellowship Sunday School class. To her many endeavors and interests, she gave generously of her time, resources, and energy. Her love of family, friends, fellow teachers, former students and church were the greatest joys in life.

She enjoyed reading, music, dancing, and the game of bridge. Her daughters said, Mother loved people from every walk of life and always saw the good in everyone.

Survived by daughters, Karen Pearce Raley and Ann Raley Flotte; son-in-law, Keith N. Flotte, all of Melbourne; granddaughter, Ann H. Peterson, and great-grand daughter, Emily Souder of Linden, VA.

Anyone planning expressions of sympathy is asked to consider the William Childs Hospice House of Health First, 1900 Dairy Rd., Melbourne, FL 32904 or the John and Sarah Bell Scholarship Fund of the First United Methodist Church of Melbourne, 110 E. New Haven Ave., Melbourne, FL 32901.

 Memorial service was held at the First United Methodist Church at 2 p.m., Saturday, December 1st with Brownlie-Maxwell Funeral Home  serving the family. 723-2345