She was born on December 14, 1920 to the late Earl and Faye Dorland. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Elder Bruce Wickwire Sr., son-in-law, Bill Clemons and siblings, Clifford Dorland, Elaine Leno and Earlene Claridge.
She is survived by her children, Barbara Clemons, Linda (Jim) Breedlove and Bruce (Victoria) Wickwire Jr. and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2019 at the Valley View Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Memorial services will be held at 7:00 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2019 in the funeral home with Dr. David Smith officiating.
Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to Amazing Facts at www.amazingfacts.org or Adventist Frontier Missions at www.afmonline.org.
Please share your thoughts and memories at: www.ChattanoogaValleyViewChapel.com
Arrangements by Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist, Valley View Chapel, 7414 Old Lee Highway, Chattanooga, TN, 37421.
Sarah Adele Wickwire- Life Sketch
Sarah Adele Dorland was born on December 14, 1920 in Everly, Iowa to Earl W. and Faye Dorland during the time that WWI was raging in Europe. In the spring of 1923 the family moved to the “Carnal Place”, a farm four miles southwest of West Union, Iowa. Then in 1929 Adele’s family moved to a large farm near Madison, South Dakota where she helped her father with milking the cows. There the family became friends with some Adventist neighbors and later, at age 13, Adele and her family attended evangelistic meetings and they all became baptized members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Adele did some literature evangelism work for a short period of time then later attended Walla Walla College where she earned her college degree and then taught commercial subjects at Auburn Academy in Washington State and later at Plainfield Academy in New Jersey. She left teaching in 1954 and became an office secretary at the Columbia Union Conference in Takoma Park, MD. It was there a few years later that her and Bruce Wickwire Sr’s path merged. They became good friends and in 1959 married and began their service for the church together. In 1966 they responded to a call from the Northern Europe-West Africa Division located in St. Albans England where Bruce would serve as publishing director and Adele as Secretary to the Division Secretary. Their travels in service took them to most of the Scandinavian countries as well as parts of West Africa. In 1971 they returned to the United States to serve in the General Conference office where Adele was secretary to the General Conference Undertreasurer. Then in 1985 Adele and Bruce retired and after two years moved to Collegedale, TN to be near their daughter Linda and their six grandchildren living there. A few years later their daughter Barbara and family moved to the Collegedale area with their four children. Bruce and Adele enjoyed all of their grandchildren and later great grandchildren. They were great mentors to all the grandchildren and were much loved by all. Son, Bruce Jr. and family were serving overseas for many of these years and after return to the US were able to spend more time with Grandpa Bruce and Grandma Adele so three more grandchildren were wonderfully mentored. During retirement Adele and Bruce did some travel and service for the General Conference publishing department and then Adele served as secretary and editor for two books that Bruce wrote “Bold Journey” the story of the return overland trip from Singapore to London, and “Gospel in Shoes” stories of literature evangelism and its impact on the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Adele continued to enjoy the memory of Dad’s unceasing sense of humor and even developed her own style of humor and often repeated his entertaining stories and jokes.
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