Vickie Pietz, nee Violet Hadden Norman, passed away on August 11, 2020 at the age of 96. Fortunately, one of her daughters was able to be at her side. Vickie was born in Montrose, Scotland to John and Mary Norman.

Surviving Vickie are her daughters Linda Hughes of Sun City Center, Pamela Kerstetter of Apollo Beach, Penny Dierickx of Ruskin, Tammy Meier (Mark) of Highlands Ranch, CO, 9 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

Vickie was preceded in death by her parents and five siblings. Also preceding were her loving husband LeRoy (Lee), her son Roy, her daughter Patricia Melrose (Douglas), and 2 grandchildren.

Vickie was an Orthopedic TB nurse in Edinburgh during WWII and recalled walking the building roofs spotting for enemy planes, the constant blackouts and siblings being sent to strangers' farms for protection. Vickie met her husband when he brought his fellow RCAF pilots to St. Andrews for golf. Vickie and Lee married in St. Giles Cathedral and Lee went back to the war. Vickie migrated to Canada on the Ile de France, which had been commandeered as a troop ship.

Vickie and Lee immigrated to Pittsburgh and spent 25 wonderful years there. When they moved to Detroit they left 2 daughters behind. When they moved from Detroit to Chicago, they left another 2 daughters behind. But in Chicago the last 2 left them for Colorado.

Vickie enjoyed her career in the retail shoe industry. She managed a Naturalizer Shoe store and was the buyer for 3 stores. Vickie moved to Sun City Center from Chicago in the late 90's and immediately joined the Sun City Center Emergency Squad. She took up golf, Bingo, Bunco and Mah Jongg. Vickie passed some of her pandemic "free time" playing cards and Mah Jongg with her daughters, even learning to play online.

There will be no memorial service due to the Covid-19 situation.


In lieu of flowers,
donations or gifts to be made to the Sun City Center Emergency Squad.







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