Avon: At age 70, Colleen passed away peacefully on Friday, March 7, 2025, at her home in Avon, NY.

Colleen was born on April 18, 1954, to the late Robert and Ruth Hite in Provo, Utah. She moved to Avon, New York when she was young and resided in Livonia and Avon for most of her life. After staying home to raise her five girls, Colleen went to college at Finger Lakes Community College and Suny Brockport and proudly obtained her master’s degree in physical education.

She is predeceased by her daughter, Chelsea Hite-Vallone, and her brother Richard Hite. Survived by her husband of nearly 40 years, C. William “Bill” Vallone, her daughters, Kari Hite-Vallone (Tim Dombrowski), Megan (Scott) Pierce, Kirsten Vallone, and Britanee Vallone (Jeff Dos Santos), her grandchildren, Ashlynn Dombrowski and Maddison Pierce, her siblings, Robert (Patricia) Hite, Ron (Patty) Hite, Mike (Penny) Hite, Tom (Lorraine) Hite, Tim Hite, and Paula Schwartz, along with several, nieces, nephews, and friends.

Throughout her professional and personal life, Colleen wore many different hats. She devoted her life and livelihood to serving, teaching and helping others, but health and fitness were always her true passion. Colleen was a dedicated educator, coach, fitness instructor, and volunteer. She loved teaching her aerobic classes, whether it was a gym full of little ones at the Livonia Primary School or water aerobics to her ladies in York Central school pool. During the spring / summer months, Colleen’s spare time was spent caring for her vegetable and flower gardens. Her interest in gardening grew throughout the years and she completed her Master Gardener course a few years ago.

Colleen’s greatest joys and accomplishments were the love of her husband, and the gift of being a mom to her daughters and Grandma to her granddaughters. Her life always revolved around the girls; she was at every soccer and basketball game, concert, recital, birthday party, road trip and backyard party whether it was in NY, MA or CT. She truly loved watching her girls grow and shine.

Colleen’s life was marked by her deep faith and commitment to the Catholic Church, she was fiercely passionate about her faith. All you needed to do was walk into her house and you knew where she stood. She felt so blessed to be able to teach a class of four-year-olds about their faith at St. Agnes School in Avon, her alma mater a few years ago.

She is going to be deeply missed and forever remembered by her family and friends.

Friends and family are invited to call from 4-7 PM on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at the Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home, 21 Big Tree Street, in Livonia. A Funeral Mass will take place at 11 AM on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 4 Avon Geneseo Road in Geneseo. Interment will immediately follow Mass at St. Michaels Cemetery on Shelly Road in Livonia. Memorial contributions may be made to: C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Association, 200 Westfall Road, Rochester, NY 14620 or to: St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. To share a memory or a condolence, please visit: www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com