Aug. 18, 1976-March 29, 2006

Tuesday, April 4, 2006

Danielle Jane Tomko, 29, Essex Junction, Vt., died March 29 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Born in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Edward J. and Cynthia J. (Sibbitt) Tomko.

A 1994 graduate of Essex High School, she earned a bachelor's degree in business at Saint Michael's College in 1998. She had worked in Rhode Island, for Habitat for Humanity Americus, Ga., in Boston and organized fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She played soccer in high school and college, and served as program coordinator of the Essex Parks Summer Youth Soccer League.

Surviving are her parents; brothers Ben and Jesse, maternal grandparents William and Jane Sibbitt, Greencastle; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents Edward E. and Barbara L. Tomko.

Services are set for 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel on the campus of St. Michael's College at Colchester.

Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Wednesday at Ready Funeral Home, Burlington, Vt.