Arleen Phyllis Volat

Obituary of Arleen Volat Arleen Phyllis "Sarge" Volat, 74, left us on January 29, 2016 from a fierce battle with renal disease. Born in Charleston, SC, Arleen spent most of her childhood with her parents, Morris and Gertrude Newman, in the Bronx and Floral Park, NY. She spent her later childhood in Whitestone, NY and graduated from Bayside High School. Her favorite memory was enjoying her summers at the Suskin Bungalow Colony in Kiamesha Lake, in the Catskills. She always wished for her children to have that same experience, but the YMCA served as an alternate for her children's summer camp adventures. She raised her children in Hollywood, FL, but found a sweet little town called "Lady Lake" while on a motorcycle trip through Central Florida. Moving there in 1986, she started out on 5 acres on Little Dirt Road, with two horses, two dogs and rabbits. She must have channeled Little House on the Prairie while living this lifestyle for almost 20 years. Arleen worked for Sears as the head cashier for 17 years and after her husband passed in 2005, she left Little Dirt Road and found respite at a wonderful community in Lady Lake called Water Oak. Her son, Lonny, moved in with her and they both gave unsurmountable volunteer time with the video library, as the WOCSATreasurer and as a member of the Water Oak Veterans Auxiliary and Singles Club. Moving into this community in her later years was truly a blessing, not only getting her out of her introverted shell, but Lonnys' as well. Arleen was widowed by her late husband, Tzvi-Herschel Volat, survived by her brother, Alan L. Newman (wife, Fran Newman); three sons, Lonny S. Volat, Adam B. Volat (wife, Shelley) and Jonathon A. Volat (wife, Joscelyn); daughter, Debra B. Belton (husband, Robert L. Belton); stepdaughter Michol Cortez (husband, Luis); foster son, Reggie Solomon (wife Lisa Solomon); grandchildren, Jennifer A. Belton, Shaina Rae Belton, Luke Morris Belton, Kai Volat, Braedon and Arabella Cortez, Corey Cook and Alexis Cocciardi; and great grandchildren, Mason and Bodhi McHaffie. Arleen will be buried next to her late husband, Herschel, at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. Arleen's favorite saying, at least to her children on a daily basis, was "It's not necessary", and the children are honoring her tagline by appropriately providing a graveside service that will commence at 11:00am on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. Her dear friends at the Water Oak Community will be hosting a Celebration of Life for Arleen, date TBD. Arleen's last passage in her memoir, written in December 2009, was "I wish all my children to have success and happiness in life. I am happy that I achieved happiness in my life, that I have made some contribution in this world."