HENLEY, Carolyn Clark - December 3, 1919 - February 24, 2005 She is survived by her husband William Ernest Henley. Her son Jesse Clark Hcnlcy, predeceased her in 1988. Born in Cincinnati, OH, she was a descendant of Thomas Clark, who sailed from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, MA, on the ship Ann in 1623. She was the great granddaughter of Davis Wasgatt Clark, a founder of Clark College, for whom the college (now Clark-Atlanta University) was named and great granddaughter of Murat Halstead, the illustrious editor-in-chief of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, for whom Halstead Street in Chicago was named. She was educated at the Lotspeich School in Cincinnati and the Warrenton School in Virginia. She moved to San Francisco after World War II. She was a member of the Colonial Dames Society, a sustaining member of the Junior League and a member and Judge Emeritus of the Garden Club of America. She volunteered for numerous organizations, including Laguna Honda Hospital and the International Institute for Education in New York.
HENLEY, Carolyn Clark - December 3, 1919 - February 24, 2005 She is survived by her husband William Ernest Henley. Her son Jesse Clark Hcnlcy, predeceased her in 1988. Born in Cincinnati, OH, she was a descendant of Thomas Clark, who sailed from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, MA, on the ship Ann in 1623. She was the great granddaughter of Davis Wasgatt Clark, a founder of Clark College, for whom the college (now Clark-Atlanta University) was named and great granddaughter of Murat Halstead, the illustrious editor-in-chief of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, for whom Halstead Street in Chicago was named. She was educated at the Lotspeich School in Cincinnati and the Warrenton School in Virginia. She moved to San Francisco after World War II. She was a member of the Colonial Dames Society, a sustaining member of the Junior League and a member and Judge Emeritus of the Garden Club of America. She volunteered for numerous organizations, including Laguna Honda Hospital and the International Institute for Education in New York.
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