San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Atkins, Marilyn Maxine Eckerman March 25, 2005
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The Record  April 8, 2005
Stockton
Maxine Atkins 
July 17, 1927- March 25, 2005



Maxine Atkins of Stockton, a long time member of the business community and a 
community voluneer, died Friday, March 25, 2005 after a long illness. She was 
77. Ms. Atkins, a former teacher, headed the San Joaquin County Ombudsman 
Program for several years. Before assuming that post, she served as manager of 
the Weberstown Mall for 10 years. Born Marilyn Maxine Eckerman on July 17, 1927 
in Hollywood, California, she attended Covina Union High School. She graduated 
from the University of Santa Barbara in 1950 and began her first career as a 
teacher at Selby Lane Elementary School in Atherton. In 1955 she and her family 
moved to Ventura County where Maxine reared her daughter, Karen. In 1960 she 
began a 22 year career as general manager, marketing director and property 
manager in the shopping center industry. In 1985 she received the Susan B. 
Anthony Award for Outstanding Women in Business from the San Joaquin County 
Commission on the Status of Women. In 1984-85, she served as foreman of the San 
Joaquin County Grand Jury, she was a member of Women Executives of Stockton, 
past president of Sunflower Presents, an organization providing entertainment 
for those in nursing care facilities. Active for years in the Greater Stockton 
Chamber of Commerce, she served on the board of directors and the executive 
committee. She also served on the board of directors of the Convention and 
Visitors Bureau. In addition, she was a founding member of the Older Women's 
League and a member of P.E.O. Chapter NH of Stockton. 
Ms. Atkins loved her family, her many, many friends, her home, her cats and her 
garden, dressmaking and sewing and a variety of crafts. She is survived by her 
daughter, Karen Kraft of Connecticut; her son-in-law, Dennis Kraft, her sister, 
Jeanne Larkin of Portola Valley and two grandchildren, Kelley and Robert Kraft.
A celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 1, 2005 at 
the Stockton Yacht Club, 3235 River Drive, Stockton.
The family suggests memorial donations be made to The American Heart 
Association, Hospice of San Joaquin County, Sunflower Presents, or the 
California P.E.O. Home, 700 North Stoneman Avenue, Alhambra, California 91801. 
 




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