Caroline Acosta Abdelkader 1942-202

By The Malibu Times · Fri Oct 13 2023

Caroline was born in Waco, TX, but spent the greater part of her life in Albuquerque, NM, where she raised two children and eventually three stepchildren. She developed a love for singing and jazz music as a child. A highlight of her life was singing with the Stan Kenton Orchestra on their tour through Albuquerque as a teenager. She performed in several musicals with the Albuquerque Light Opera and also summer stock plays at the Corrales Adobe Theater. Caroline had a great love and appreciation for Native American and Mexican culture and art and was a very talented artist and seamstress with a special love for watercolors and textiles. She spent the majority of her work career as a legal secretary in Los Angeles before remarrying and eventually settling in Flagstaff, Arizona. Caroline spent the last year and a half of her life in Malibu, California, with her daughter. She is survived by her daughter, Julia Holland; her son, Michael Griffis; her grandchildren, Brooke Holland and Thomas Holland; her stepchildren, Leslie Lienau and Chris Lienau; and 11 step-grandchildren. The family requests that any gifts or donations be made on her behalf to any Alzheimer’s Association in support of families who suffer from this disease.