Today is my Sister’s Birthday

Dallas Louise Webb Wickham passed away on August 29 in San Antonio, TX at the age of 65 after a courageous battle with lung cancer.

As a fifth generation Texan and oldest of six children, Dallas was born August 19, 1942 in San Antonio and traveled extensively around the globe with her military family; her father Dallas Webb was a decelerated Air Force Colonel fighter pilot. From years of living in Europe, Theatre was a passion and Dallas was the first American accepted to the world renown Cambridge School of Drama in England.

A gifted actress, Dallas appeared in many theatrical productions, but to the benefit of thousands of young people she also acted upon her enthusiasm for literature, drama and life during a much honored 35 year teaching career; the majority of which was as a beloved teacher of English, Speech and Drama in the San Antonio area.

At age 45 Dallas returned to college and earned her master’s degree. She became a reading specialist, fulfilling one of her greatest passions, which was assessing and improving reading problems to enrich the lives of area youth.

After retiring from teaching, Dallas moved to a country setting in Bulverde, TX. Her work with children continued as the celebrated children’s dramatic storyteller at the Bulverde Library. Even after being diagnosed, she continued her passion and volunteered at the library teaching English as a second language.

A loving and caring mother, grandmother, sister and friend, few people have shown as brightly in the lives of so many.

Remembrance from eulogy: Dallas Louise Webb Wickham —a master teacher. She continues to teach us still. Her lessons are all around us—with the love of a wife, the pride of a mother, the doting of a grandmother, the strength of the oldest sibling, and the support of a valued friend. As we remember her life today, we can’t focus on what we have lost, we must remember the gifts and lessons she has taught us in the past and that she continues to teach us into the future. Now she moves on to her final teaching assignment—teaching us and guiding us every day as she watches over the larger classroom of our lives.

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