Loretta Lucille Vollmar of Scottsdale, AZ passed away peacefully on July 9, 2020 at the age of 99 – just shy of her 100th birthday! She was born to Albert and Agnes (Naskrent) Czerwinski on November 10, 1920, in Chicago, IL where she lived the majority of her life.
Loretta met her husband Melvin Charles “Mel” at the tennis courts in Kelvin Park, IL. It was love at first serve and they married shortly thereafter, on October 11, 1941. Mel was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II. Before Mel deployed to the Pacific theater, he and Loretta lived in various cities in the US for military training including Phoenix, AZ, San Luis Obispo, CA, and Dothan, AL where Loretta worked in a chiropractor’s office. After the war, Loretta and Mel settled in Glenview, IL where they raised two beautiful, full-of-life daughters, Patricia “Patti” and Dianne. Loretta was a homemaker during her daughters’ younger years, after which she joined the workforce as a retail associate at Marshall Fields where she enjoyed a successful 40 year career. Seeking warmer temperatures and proximity to family, Loretta and Mel moved to Scottsdale, AZ in 1997.
Loretta is preceded in death by her husband Mel, daughter Dianne (Richard) Frank and granddaughter Katherine Kamka. She is survived by her daughter Patti (Jack) Seaver; Grandchildren Kristin (Mark) Niehoff, John (Joanne) Watson, IV, Andy (Robin) Kamka, Rebecca (Shawn) Jones, Amanda (Spencer) Canizales; great grandchildren Ryan Niehoff, Megan Niehoff, John Watson V, and soon to be born baby girl Watson.
Loretta was full of life and a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother whose greatest joy was being surrounded by her family. She will be dearly missed.
Services will be private with a celebration of life planned at a future date. The family requests no flowers be sent, but that donations be made to Hospice of the Valley in honor of Loretta.
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