Brittney was born in Bay Shore, L.I. to her parents, Cheryl (nee Grubel) and Thomas. She had just graduated from the Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School last week, and had finished her first week of work at KMart in West Babylon.
In addition to her parents, Brittney is survived by her brother, Sean; her grandparents, Judy and John Grubel; and Thomas and Beverly Walsh; and many adoring aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Family and friends will gather at the Claude R. Boyd-Spencer Funeral Home, on Wednesday and Thursday, from 2-4:30 and 7-9:30 p.m. A funeral Service will be offered at the funeral home on Thursday evening at 8:00 p.m. officiated by Rev. Lee Gangaware of Grace Methodist Church of Lindenhurst. Funeral prayers will be offered on Friday morning at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, and interment will follow in Breslau Cemetery, LIndenhurst.
In honoring Brittney's memory, her parents are establishing a Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Arrangements are entrusted to the D'Andrea Bros. Funeral Home of Copiague, L.I.