Vallaire L. Tarulli of Founder’s Village in Southold died at home on May 25, 2017 after a five-year struggle with heart failure. She was 88 years old.
She was born in Hempstead on September 18, 1928 to Victor and Violia Taraborelli and was a graduate of Hempstead High School and New Paltz College.
On April 24, 1949, she married Frank L. Tarulli and together they made their home in Massapequa.
For a time she managed the Arts Association at Hofstra University. She moved to the North Fork thirty-five years ago. She and her husband were the founding members of the East End Livestock and Horseman’s Association and she was a founding member of the Cutchogue Homemakers Association.
Predeceased by her husband on December 1, 2011, she is survived by two children, Susan of Southold and Glenn of Goshen, New York and by two granddaughters, Melinda and Maria.
Interment will take place on Friday, June 9 at 11 a.m. at Brookville Cemetery in Brookville with Reverend Gregory Sutterlin officiating.
DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home is assisting the Tarulli family.
