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Elaine M. Lynch, a resident of Albuquerque passed away on July 22, 2001. She is survived by her sister, Kay Baker Gill; her niece, Jan Baker Corzine; her grandnephew, Jim Corzine, and her niece's husband, Norm Corzine. Elaine earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University, attended graduate school at the University of Chicago, and received a Masters in Social Work from Denver University in 1960. She was a retired executive with the American Red Cross where she had a distinguished 39 year career. Elaine joined the Red Cross during World War II, during which she served in military hospitals in England and subsequently in field and general military hospitals in France. She then had Red Cross field director assignements in Korea, Japan, Germany and in various military hospitals at bases throughout the U.S., including Sandia Base in Albuquerque. Elaine served as Assistant Director of Red Cross Hospital Services in Vietnam during the Vietnam War and then becamse Director of Reporting in Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Elaine completed her career at the local chapter of the Red Cross. After her retirement, she continued serving others through her volunteer work as a board member of both the local chapter of the Red Cross and St. Francis Gardens Nursing Center, and as an active participant in the Assistance League, the Ombudsman Program for the Elderly and the Gamma Phi Beta Alumnae Association, among other organizations. A private memorial service for Elaine will be held at St. Mark's on the Mesa Episcopal Church with the Reverend Jim Trainor officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the American National Red Cross, 17th and D Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006, or to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation.
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