JACQUELINE FARWELL DELORME
Jacqueline Elizabeth Farwell DeLorme, 96, widow of Alfred C. DeLorme Jr., passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Harmony at Five Forks Retirement Center in Simpsonville.
Born on Feb. 1, 1924, in Jacksonville, Florida, she was a daughter of the late Elizabeth J. and Fred H. Farwell. She and her sister, the late Harriet Haas Mott, grew up in West Palm Beach and Jacksonville. Jacqueline graduated from Ward Belmont College (Belmont University) in Nashville, Tennessee. After marrying in 1949, she and her husband and five children lived in Florida, Georgia and Virginia, before settling in Sumter in 1963. Only recently did she relocate to Simpsonville with her daughter, Suzanne McCarthy.
During her life, Jacqueline was interested and active in many areas. Early on, she was a member of the Junior Women's Club, heavily involved with Mother's March of Dimes Clinic in Ware County, Georgia, and winner of the Fifth District Georgia Homemaker of the Year in 1958. She taught at Shaw Air Force Base for Sumter Technical College and was MBA Coordinator of Golden Gate University at Shaw AFB, until her retirement in 1984. After retirement, Jacqueline enjoyed her time as a volunteer for Sumter United Ministries. Following the death of her husband of 52 years, she moved to Covenant Place. Once there, she became active in the resident council and an avid leader of their employee Christmas fund.
As a lifelong Episcopalian, Jacqueline was an active member of Holy Cross Episcopal Church, participating in vestry and choir. She also served as the Florence District Director for ECW and was active in Daughters of the King as well as Cursillo. Most recently, she was a member of Church of the Holy Comforter. She was also a member of the Stateburg Literary and Musical Society and hosted many meetings at her home in Stateburg.
She was a loved mother who had a knack for making a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter and a quick jaunt in the VW bus into an adventure.
She was preceded in death by her oldest child, Alfred C. "Sandy" DeLorme III and his wife, Karen; and two sons-in-law, Richard "Chip" Hurley and Michael P. McCarthy.
She is survived by her daughters, Jenny D. Fidler and her husband, Ward Kirlin, Jacqueline D. Hurley, Suzanne D. McCarthy and Dorothy DeLorme. She was a proud grandmother of 12, Michael DeLorme, James DeLorme, Robin Fidler, Ellison Fidler, Mac Fidler, Zach Hurley and his wife, Misty, Tegan Hurley, Erin Hurley and her fianc , Rob, Casey McCarthy and his wife, Megan, Molly McCarthy Wallach and her husband, Patrick, Elliot Flautt and his fianc e, Miranda, and Oliver Flautt. She had three great-grandchildren, Nataisha, Makaela and Siena; and two great-great-grandchildren, Emma and Nicholas.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at Church of the Holy Comforter, Sumter, with a private inurnment of her cremated remains in Sumter Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Church of the Holy Comforter, 213 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29150 or to Covenant Place Employee Fund, 2825 Carter Road, Sumter SC 29150.
You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com or www.thomasmcafee.com and sign the family's guest book.
The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter and Thomas McAfee Funeral Home of Simpsonville for the arrangements.