Lois J. Vollmar Dickinson, 92, of Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, Indiana, died at 12:20 am, Friday, July 12, 2019 at Peabody Healthcare Center. She was born May 19, 1927 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Rev. Clarence and Martha (Sell) Vollmar.
Lois was a 1945 graduate of Swanton High School in Swanton, Ohio. She received her BS degree from Fort Wayne Bible College, and her Masters degree from Anderson School of Theology, where she graduated summa cum laude. She was the resident manager at Peabody Retirement Community 15 years, and after retirement was a volunteer many years. Lois was a member of the Wabash Presbyterian Church, the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators, and Church Women United, and served as the secretary for Habitat for Humanity in Wabash. She has lived at Peabody Retirement Community since 1981.
She is survived by her two sisters, Connie Vollmar of Fort Wayne, Indiana and Ricki Atkinson of Clawson, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two sisters, Dorothy Wilbur, and Carol Hadley.
Memorial services will be held at a later date at Peabody Retirement Community. Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, 207 W. Main Street, North Manchester.
Preferred memorials are Peabody Caring Circle or Wabash Presbyterian Church.
The memorial guest book for Lois may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.