Adele Bruce Kline

Adele Bruce Kline

Adele Bruce Kline, 90, of Lynchburg died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. She was the wife of the late Edward Snyder Kline for 38 years.

Born Tuesday, July 26, 1921, in the Philippines, Adele was daughter of the late Thomas Bruce and Adeline Ciccione Bruce.

Adele is survived by two daughters, Mary Hill and her husband, Roland, of Lynchburg and Nancy Kline and her husband, Scott Avera, of Palm Springs, Calif., son Edward Kline and his wife, Karen, of Albuquerque, N.M.; son in-law Guillermo Oliver of Yauco, Puerto Rico; and five grandchildren, Weston Hill, of Raleigh, N.C., Steele Hill of Lynchburg, Maria Adella Oliver of Yauco, and Kelley Kline and Kendall Kline, both of Albuquerque.

In addition to her parents, and husband, Adele was preceded in death by a daughter Bonnie Kline Oliver.

Adele was a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Nursing. Adele proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Although she had lived in Lynchburg for the past 12 years with her family and a beloved menagerie of animals, she considered her home to be Sunnyfields Farm in King George County. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, King George. She always lived her life true to what she believed through civic duty, community service and family leadership. Her life was an inspiration of strength to all who knew her.

Family and friends will celebrate her life at her Lynchburg home, 1194 Coolidge Drive, on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m.

Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, 434/237-9424. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting tharpfuneralhome.com.