Carolyn Bagley Carstensen

Carolyn Carstensen, 95 years old and long-time resident of Riverside, CA, passed away on February 22, 2023 of natural causes.

Carolyn was born November 17, 1927, in Nicholls, Georgia, graduating from Wacona High School In Waycross, Georgia in 1945. After graduation, she moved to Washington D.C. where she met her future husband, Barney. Married March 21, 1948, they returned to his hometown of Amherst, OH where they lived for the next 10 years. In 1959, they attended Mt. Vernon Bible College in Ohio, becoming ordained ministers in the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. In 1963 her family moved to California and in 1965 made Riverside their home. She retired in 1988 after 22 years of service at the University of California, Riverside. She loved being a homemaker and mother, and served as primary caretaker for her husband Barney until his passing in 2013. Carolyn showed love and care for everyone who crossed her path in life, and loved her Lord deeply.

Carolyn is survived by her son Vinson, of Riverside, and sister Dorothy Sawyer of Lake Butler, Florida. She is preceded in death by her husband Barney, parents Leo Vinson Bagley and Ruth Mary Bagley, and sisters Mary Ruth Dixon, Naomi Rhodes, Ruby Andersen, Bonnie Neaves, and Salena Stefko.

A Funeral Service will be held at Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Memorial Park and Mortuary Wednesday March 15th, 2023 at 9:00am.

In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to a charity organization of your choice.