Tanya J. Griego, age 46, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015, in Biloxi. Mrs. Griego was born in Forest Hills, New York and had been a resident of Biloxi for the past fifteen years. She was a graduate of Fordham University in New York City, NY and earned a Masters Degree at Adelphi University in Long Island, NY. She was a U. S. Air Force Veteran with the rank of Captain and employed as a social worker at the Biloxi VA Center. She attended Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and was associated with Congregation Beth Israel in Gulfport. She was a life member of VFW Post 6731 in D'Iberville.
Mrs. Griego was preceded in death by her mother, Gisela Schlosberg. She is survived by her husband, Vernon Griego; father, Ronald Schlosberg; aunt, Muriel Laverson; and cousins, Wendy Millman Franklin, David Solomon and Philip Laverson.
Funeral Services will be Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 9:45 a.m. at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 2511 Pass Road, in Biloxi where friends may visit form 9:00 a.m. till service time. Interment will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery with military honors.