Priscilla V. Carr

Priscilla V. Carr of Albuquerque, NM, passed away on January 26, 2014 at the home of her daughter, Kimberly and husband, Bill Dawson near Sandia Park, NM. She was born on October 13, 1924 in American Falls, Idaho. Priscilla was preceded in death by her husband Bernard A. Carr whom she married in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1948 and her sister Polly Freeland and niece, Candy Young. She is survived by her sisters Beverly Jean McNeal, Linda Piotrowicz (husband Don) and brother Harvey Beatty. She will be greatly missed by her sons Patrick and wife Barbara, Michael and wife Catherine, Kimberly and husband Bill, and Timothy Carr. As Grandma Cilla she was loved by "the Dawson Girls" Amanda Hicks and her husband Trey, Ashlee Wolfe and her husband Ed and Hillary Stewart and her husband Gary; The Carr's from Mimbres, NM, Becky, Angie, Nick, and their mother Teresa and Lisa and Ian Carr in Zurich. She also enjoyed her seven great grandchildren, Mitchell, Taylor, Lauren, Carter, Ashton, Jensen and Dawson. Priscilla became an RN and married Bernard in Michigan, ten years before they moved to Albuquerque in 1958. She continued nursing at Lovelace Bataan Memorial Hospital. She loved to attend church, drive about visiting people and places, do crosswords and shop and sew beautiful clothes. Priscilla was always "at the ready" to enjoy life. We will all miss her fabulous independence, that warm big smile and how determined she was to do anything at anytime, for and with her friends and devoted family. She was our inspiration to get up and keep moving. Services will be held Monday, February 3, 2014, 9:30 a.m. at FRENCH - Lomas. Interment will follow the service at 12:45 p.m. at Santa Fe National Cemetery.