Lillian Emily (McLearn) Atkinson of Lexington, formerly of Duxbury, died Jan. 21 after a brief illness.  Mrs. Atkinson was 101 years old.

Lillian Atkinson was a 1924 graduate of Belmont High School and Bryant and Stratton Commercial Institute.  She was a founding member of the Pilgrim Congregational Church United Church of Christ in Lexington, a charter member of the PEO Sisterhood Chapter AK of Duxbury, and was actively involved in various charitable organizations.

Mrs. Atkinson was the wife of the late Dr. Harvey Atkinson.  She leaves her son, Dr. Theodore H. Atkins and his wife, Patricia of Acton; and a daughter, Marcia A. Christiansen and her husband, Reverend Dr. James W. Christiansen of Alton Bay, NH  She also leaves four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service for Mrs. Atkinson was held at Pilgrim Congregational Church, in Lexington.  Charitable contributions may be made in her memory to PEO Sisterhood, 3700 Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50312, or Pilgrim Congregational Church, 55 Coolidge Avenue Lexington, Mass. 02421.