A memorial service for Vanessa Biery Lazzarini will be held at 2 o'clock, Saturday, July 14th at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 Trenholm Rd Ext., Columbia, with a reception to follow.

Vanessa was born in New York City on June 9, 1974. She attended Hunter College High School and later graduated from Skidmore College in New York in 1996. Vanessa had a successful career in finance on Wall Street. In 2008, she married Adam Lazzarini and they have one daughter, Brooke Willoughby Lazzarini who was born in 2012.

Vanessa was a child model and actress. She was an accomplished singer, horsewoman, tennis enthusiast, skier, and gourmet cook. Above all, Vanessa was a devoted and loving wife and mother.

In addition to her husband and daughter, Vanessa is survived by her mother Lucille Biery. She is also mourned by extended family and her many friends.