Hello ALSC. Kate’s family forwarded me the text for her obituary, which will appear in tomorrow’s (2/5/09) Greenwich Time. If anyone wishes to make donations, the families’ suggested places are the Perrot Memorial Library, and/or the Connecticut Storytelling Center (see below). I know they, and we, have been amazed and gratified at the incredible outpouring of love and support from everyone in the ALSC community so far — many thanks to all of you. Diane Foote, Executive Director Association for Library Service to Children 50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611 ***** Kate McClelland Riverside Kate McClelland, who worked at the Perrot Memorial Library for 29 years, most recently as associate director and director of youth services until her retirement in 2007, died last Wednesday morning, January 28, in a car accident en route to Denver International Airport, where she had been attending the American Library Association conference. She was…
Category: In Memoriam
Perrot Memorial Library plans Celebration of Life Memorial Service
The staff and board of Perrot Memorial Library posted the following message on its blog (2/3/09): The Staff and Board of Perrot Memorial Library deeply thank each of you who have shared a thought, shed a tear, and expressed your emotions and remembrances for our dear friends and beloved colleagues, Kathryn McClelland and Kathleen Krasniewicz. The response from the Greenwich community, the Connecticut Library and the American Library Association communities, the storytelling community and the publishing industry has been astonishing. We are planning a Celebration of Life Memorial Service in Old Greenwich in March at the Spring Equinox to honor Kate and Kathy’s memories. We will post more information on our website and blog as it becomes available. The future is not ours to know, and it may never be — So let us live and give our best and give it lavishly! -An Irish Blessing ******** The ALSC Blog…
Memorial Arrangements for Kathleen Krasniewicz
Kathy Krasniewicz’s obituary has been published in the Feb. 3 Greenwich Time. It reads: KATHLEEN MARY KERTLAND PATRICIA APUZZO KRASNIEWICZ who touched the lives of Greenwich children for nearly two decades as a children’s librarian at the Perrot Memorial Library, died tragically on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the age of 54. Kathleen was born in Manhattan, NY on December 1, 1954, to the late Joseph Francis Apuzzo and Janet Eastburn Apuzzo. She grew up in Bronxville, NY and attended Manhattanville College. She graduated with honors with a degree in English Literature in 1976. That year, she married her husband James. They later moved to Riverside, CT, where they made their home and raised their family. Kathleen was a devoted mother to her three daughters, Erin Kathleen, MaryLeigh and Hope Jameson Krasniewicz. She is survived by her beloved husband; her three loving daughters; two sisters, Anna Egert of Skaneateles, NY,…
A Great Loss in ALSC
I’m very sorry to convey the tragic news that I know many of you know already: yesterday, on their way to the Denver airport following ALA Midwinter, ALSC Vice President Kate McClelland and Notable Children’s Videos Chair Kathy Krasniewicz were killed in a hit-and-run automobile accident. While the subject line refers to ALSC, we know this loss reaches well beyond our own association to affect their families, community, the profession at large, and especially the thousands of children they both worked with over the years at the Perrot Memorial Library in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Here is the article from the Greenwich newspaper Web site: http://www.greenwichtime.com/localnews/ci_11576380?source=rss Please know that as soon as we have memorial/tribute information, I will share it. In the meantime, we encourage everyone with fond memories of Kate and Kathy to share them here, in this space. Diane Foote Executive Director, ALSC 50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL…
ALSC Past President Elizabeth Watson
With a sad heart, I share that Elizabeth Watson, President of ALSC from 1997-1998, died recently. You may read her obituary in the Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette. She completed her Master in Library Science from the University of Michigan in 1968. From 1969 to 1970, she was the children’s librarian at the Bacon Memorial Library in Wyandotte, Michigan. Beginning in 1971, she was the children’s librarian and then the chief librarian at the Fitchburg (MA) Public Library. She retired in 2004. As an ALSC member, Elizabeth also served on the Caldecott, Budget & Finance (as Chair), Arbuthnot (as Chair), and ALA-CBC Joint committees. I did not have the honor of knowing Elizabeth; I encourage those of you who did to share your thoughts in celebration of her life and work.