Loretta June Esbaum, age 91 of Lowden, passed away on Friday June 8, 2018 at the Clarence Senior Living Center. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden on Monday June 11 at 2:00 P.M with Reverend Daniel Redhage officiating. Burial will follow at the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Loretta was born on November 7, 1926 in Bennett, Iowa to Harry and Opal (Voelkers) Petersen. She married Marvin Esbaum on August 7, 1948 in Davenport, Iowa. He passed away on March 27, 2009. Loretta worked as a bookkeeper and accountant at Norton's Law Office for 40 years and was known as the "tax lady". She is survived by her daughters, Linda (John) Sander of Clarence and Karen Rice of Riverside, CA; son, Dean (Sally) of Cicero, IN; 8 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; and brother, Ronald Petersen of Seattle, WA. Loretta was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Marvin.