Carolyn Wolfe Petersen
– December 10, 2015
Carolyn Petersen
Carolyn Wolfe Ashcraft Petersen, of Sun City Center, Fla., died on December 10, 2015.
She was born in Waxhaw, N.C., to Carl and Carolyn Wolfe but lived in Hickory, N.C., until her marriage to Tom Ashcraft, after which the family lived in Nashville, Tenn. for 19 years. In 1982, she married Marvin Petersen and moved to Brookings, S.D., for eight years before they returned to the Tampa area.
She is survived by her husband; daughter and son-in-law (Anne and John Maher of Melbourne, Australia); son Thomas Ashcraft (Victoria) of Littleton, Colo.; and granddaughter Amanda Croxton (Brian) of Indianapolis.
Carolyn graduated from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and obtained master’s and doctorate degrees in psychology from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. She was a professor at Tennessee State, La Salle University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Tennessee at Nashville, University of Tampa and South Dakota State University.
Carolyn belonged to the American Psychological Association and was a Fellow in the American Psychological Society.
She served as a deacon in St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Sun City Center.
Her hobbies were duplicate bridge and writing. She had published a number of research publications in professional journals as well as a book of her memoirs, titled <i>Sweet Caroline</i>.
A memorial service will be held at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church at 11 a.m. Monday, December 21, with interment at Sarasota National Cemetery.
Carolyn Wolfe Ashcraft Petersen, of Sun City Center, Fla., died on December 10, 2015.
She was born in Waxhaw, N.C., to Carl and Carolyn Wolfe but lived in Hickory, N.C., until her marriage to Tom Ashcraft, after which the family lived in Nashville, Tenn. for 19 years. In 1982, she married Marvin Petersen and moved to Brookings, S.D., for eight years before they returned to the Tampa area.
She is survived by her husband; daughter and son-in-law (Anne and John Maher of Melbourne, Australia); son Thomas Ashcraft (Victoria) of Littleton, Colo.; and granddaughter Amanda Croxton (Brian) of Indianapolis.
Carolyn graduated from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and obtained master’s and doctorate degrees in psychology from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. She was a professor at Tennessee State, La Salle University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Tennessee at Nashville, University of Tampa and South Dakota State University.
Carolyn belonged to the American Psychological Association and was a Fellow in the American Psychological Society.
She served as a deacon in St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Sun City Center.
Her hobbies were duplicate bridge and writing. She had published a number of research publications in professional journals as well as a book of her memoirs, titled <i>Sweet Caroline</i>.
A memorial service will be held at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church at 11 a.m. Monday, December 21, with interment at Sarasota National Cemetery.