Lilburne Middleton Vollmer's Obituary
LILBURNE MIDDLETON VOLLMER of Memphis died on April 2, 2009. Services will be held at Memorial Park Funeral Home On Sunday April 5th with entombment in the Memorial Park Mausoleum. Visitation will be from 1:00pm to 3:00pm with the funeral service beginning at 3:00pm. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church for over 60 years.Mrs. Vollmer taught at East High School for thirty-one years and in 1972 received the Valley Forge Freedom Medal for helping students achieve a better understanding of the American way of life and the power of the ballot. In addition to her regular classes, she taught Vocational Education night classes and was chosen Vocational Education Teacher of the Year in 1979. She served as the first treasurer of the Shelby County Teachers Credit Union, which she and three other teachers founded in 1959.Following her retirement from teaching in 1980, Mrs. Vollmer continued to work in the Memphis business community. She also served as a volunteer at The Dixon Gallery and was treasurer of the Listeners Book Club. She was an officer of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a professional organization dedicated to the growth of women educators and excellence in education.She is survived by her three daughters: Nancy Looper of Cary, North Carolina; Sue Leon and Frances Howard, both of Memphis; seven grandchildren, and fifteen great-grandchildren. In celebration of her life and the countless lives she touched, the family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to Second Presbyterian Church (4055 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111) or the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA, 910 Vance Avenue, Memphis, TN 38126).
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