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ATKINS -- Carolyn Chaney Atkins died December 22, 2009 after a brief illness. She was born and spent her early life in Warrensburg, Missouri. She attended Cottey College and was a member of the PEO Sisterhood for more than 50 years. She graduated from Central Missouri State University and Missouri Valley College. In 1943 she married Walter Jackson (Jack) Atkins, a pilot in the Army Air Corps. She was an Air Force wife until moving to Albuquerque in 1966. Carolyn and Jack actively participated in the Presbyterian Church, where she taught Sunday school, worked in the women's association, served as an elder and wrote Christian education curriculum. In New Mexico Carolyn helped found the Menaul Historical Library in 1974 and dedicated her time to the preservation of Presbyterian mission history in the Southwest. She was a trustee of the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, serving as its first female president. She edited 12 books and a quarterly newsletter, the Menaul Historical Library Review. Carolyn taught us much about our heritage, and its value for future generations. In 2005 Carolyn moved to Pasadena, California with her daughter, Jane Atkins Vasquez and son-in-law, Edmundo Vasquez. Services will be held at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests gifts to the Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 or the Menaul Historical Library, 301 Menaul Blvd. N.E., Albuquerque, N. M. 87107.
        Published on: Mon January 18, 2010