MEMBER MEMORIAL

As library professionals and WLA members, you are part of a special family. Now, as a way to honor all members of the WLA family, we have created an online memorial page to remember those of our colleagues who have passed away. If you know a member of our community who has recently passed away, please contact [email protected] Please provide first name, last name, date of birth and death and name of library.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

*Names are sorted alphabetically by last name

Loraine Adkins (1945-2019)
Wisconsin State Historical Society

Joan Dros Allen (1941-2020)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Jane Anderson (1945-2021)
Evansville Community School District

Linda Anderson (1950-2014)
Kenosha Public Library

Leonard Archer (1913-2003)
Oshkosh Public Library, Winnebago Regional Library System

Jane Arps (1954-2012)
Appleton Public Library, Sheboygan Public Library, Sheboygan Area School District

Leonard Archer (1913-2003)
Oshkosh Public Library, Winnefox Public Library System

Janes Barnes (1958-2020)
Mauston Public Library

Dorma Bartlett (1923-1993)
UW-Green Bay

Norman Bassett (1891-1980)
DEMCO

Wayne Bassett (1915-1988)
Wausau Public Library, Wisconsin Valley Public Library Service

Jean Beales (1921-2011)
UW-Parkside

Gordon Bebeau (1920-2013)
Appleton Public Library

Harriet Berfield (1913-1999)
Rib Lake Public Library, Appleton Public Library

Jane Billings (1916-2004)
Clintonville Public Library, Clintonville Schools

Irene Blackford (1918-2015)
Janesville Public Library

Orilla Thompson Blackshea (1904-1994)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Madison Public Library

Eleanor Blakely (1923-2006)
UW-Madison Plant Pathology Library, Wisconsin State Historical Society

Elizabeth (Betty) Blankenship (1931-2014)
UW-Whitewater

Arlene Blommel (1937-2020)
Racine Public Library, UW-Parkside

Joseph (Joe) Boisse (1937-2015)
UW-Parkside

John Boll (1921-2013)
UW-Madison iSchool

Jeanne Boston (1947-2018)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Paul Breitsprecher (1925-2015)
UW-Whitewater

Franklyn (Frank) Bright (1919-1993)
UW-Madison

Clarence Brown (1939-2018)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

William (Bill) Bunce (1936-2002)
UW-Madison Kohler Art Library

Elizabeth Burr (1908-1996)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Wisconsin Division for Library Services

Robert (Bob) Carmack (1937-2020)
UW-Superior

William (Bill) Carter (1952-2019)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Rose Caruso (1944-1996)
UW-Madison College Library

Debra (Deb) Case (1953-2020)
Hedberg (Janesville) Public Library

Mary Cassinelli (1940-2018)
Wisconsin Housing and Development Authority

John Chancellor (1896-1980)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission

Lois Christensen (1928-2014)
Milwaukee Public Library

Marge Christensen (1917-2008)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Constance (Connie) Claypool (1932-2009)
UW-Oshkosh, UW-LaCrosse

Lenore Coral (1939-2005)
UW-Madison Music Library

Jean Cuje (1929-1992)
Marquette University

Jerome Jerry Daniels (1934-2009)
UW-Platteville

Barbara Davis (1929-2020)
Lake Geneva Public Library

Sally Davis (1929-2000)
UW-Madison iSchool, Oconomowoc Schools

Nancy Day (1929-2020)
Oconomowoc Public Library

H. Vail Deale (1915-2004)
Beloit College

Norma Deck (1922-2013)
Racine Public Library

Ellen Desmarais (1925-2014)
Washington Junior High School (Kenosha)

Carol Lou Diehl (1929-2020)
School Districts of New London and Manawa

Maria Dittman (1931-2005)
Marquette University

Edith (Edie) Dixon (1951-2014)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Gilbert Doane (1897-1980)
UW-Madison General Library

Sandy Dolnick (1936-2016)
Friends of Wisconsin Libraries

Betsy Donohue (1926-2015)
Sheboygan North High School, UW-Madison Memorial Library

Richard (Dick) Dorsey (1929-2020)
UW-Oshkosh

Lyman Draper (1815-1891)
State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Matthew Dudgeon (1871-1949)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Milwaukee Public Library

Edward (Ed) Duesterhoeft (1944-2017)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Daniel Durrie (1819-1892)
State Historical Society of Wisconsin

George Earley (1916-200)
Kenosha Public Library

Lyle Eberhardt (1922-2010)
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)

Theresa West Elmendorf (1855-1932)
Milwaukee Public Library

James (Jim) Englebert (1941-2020)
Trustee, Elisha D. Smith (Menasha) Public Library

Margaret Ernst (1944-2018)
Appleton Public Library

Diane Fair (1964-2020)
Waukesha County Technical College

Mary Ann Falbo (1930-2014)
Racine Public Library

Sylvia Faust (1937-2017)
Oshkosh Public Library

Janice Felda (1930-2020)
Hedberg (Janesville) Public Library

Valmai Fenster (1939-1984)
UW-Madison iSchool

Eileen Finnegan (1930-2020)
Beloit Public Library

Peter Fissel (1956–2020)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Eileen Freen (1926-2015)
Marquette University

Muriel Fuller (1912-1978)
LaCrosse Public Library, UW-Madison iSchool

Robert (Bob) Gakovich (1930-2016)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

D. Kaye Gapen (1943-2019)
UW-Madison

Kathryn (Kathy) Garton (1947-2010)
Chilton Public Library

Mary Gates (1926-2014)
Fort Atkinson Public Library

Dorothy (Johanns) Genthe (1929-2021)
Cuba City School District

Meredith Gillette (1931-2019)
UW-Oshkosh, Cardinal Stritch University

Gilson Glasier (1873-1972)
Wisconsin State Law Library

Kim Glaze (1952-1987)
UW-Madison Memorial, Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau

James Gollata (1945-2021)
Mount Senario College, UW-Richland Center

Maureen Grant (1953- 2011)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

William (Bill) Grindeland (1937-2018)
Racine Unified School District, UW-Milwaukee School of Library and Information Science

Leah Gruber (1906-1996)
Fond du Lac Public Library, Legislative Reference Library, Prairie du Sac Public Library Trustee, Sauk County Library Board, South Central Library System Board

Marlene Gustafson (1933-2021)
Lake Geneva Public Library, Sussex Public Library

Genevieve Hahn (1932-2012)
Wisconsin State Library

Doris Hanson (1919-2016)
Viroqua Elementary School

Sheilah Harrington (1967-2020)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Lorraine Hawkinson (1922-2018)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Mary Emogene Hazeltine (1868-1949)
UW-Madison Library School

Dorothy Heinrich (1920-2014)
UW-Green Bay

Louise Henning (1922-2016)
UW-Madison Art Library

Ramon (Ray) Hernandez (1936-2014)
Wisconsin Rapids Public Library

Kenneth (Ken) Herrick (1940?-2018)
UW-Parkside

Marilyn Hicks (1929-2019)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Lora Hildebrandt (1944-2020)
Racine Unified School District

Suzanne Hodgman (1925-2020)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Thomas Holberg (1944-2016)
Marquette University

Iris McGhee Holder (1933-2020)
Black River Falls School District

Shirley Hooverson (1948-2016)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Geraldine (Gerry) Hurley (1951-2007)
WiLS

Mary Horan (1947-2015)
Theda Clark Hospital Library

Gloria Jackson (1920-2020)
UW-LaCrosse, LaCrosse County Historical Society

William "Bill" Jambrek (1937-2020)
Kenosha Public Library

Melba Jesudason (1932-2018)
UW-Madison College Library

Jeanne Johnson (1921-2015)
Fond du Lac High School, UW-Superior, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College – Superior campus

Roxann Johnson (1943-2020)
Racine Public Library

Shirley Johnson (1927-2009)
UW Extension

Katherine Jones (1866-19??)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission

Kathleen (Casey) Jordan (1944-2009)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Mary Jordan (1932-2013)
Newton Public Library, Newton High School

Ruth Kaczor (1940-2011)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Louis (Lou) Kaplan (1909-1994)
UW-Madison

Betty Karweick (1948-2020)
Michael Best & Friedrich, UW-Madison Law Library

Christa Katz (1925-2020)
Medical College of Wisconsin

S. Janice Kee (1908-1998)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission

James Keith (1941-2020)
Lester Public Library of Rome

Miriam Kerndt (1928-2015)
UW-Madison Geography Library

Margaret (Peggy) Kindschi (1950-2012)
Janesville Public Library, Columbus Public Library

James (Jim) Klessig (1940-2007)
Milwaukee County Museum, Lawrence University

Rosemary Klokow (1921-2010)
Racine Public Library

John Koch (1947-2018)
UW-Madison Steenbock Library

Paul Koch (1943-2014)
UW-Fond du Lac, Marian College

Joan Korsmeyer (1937-2016)
UW-Milwaukee, Mount Mary

Dorothea Krause (1909-2003)
Wausau Public Library

Roger Krentz (1940-2016)
Platteville Schools, UW-Whitewater

Richard Krug (1905-1983)
Milwaukee Public Library

John Kuhlmann (1968-2021)
UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus

Ernest Richard (Dick) Kunert (1930-2012)
Mead Public Library

Janice (Jan) Lang (1937-2011)
Reference & Loan

Geraldine (Geri) Laudati (1947-2006)
UW-Madison Mills Music Library

Peter Laux (1922-2012)
Milwaukee Public Library

Henry Legler (1861-1917)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission

Dennis Lemanczyk (1946-1990)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Mary Lent (1938-2020)
Black Rivers Fall Public Library

Sharon Lenz (1947-2017)
Oshkosh Public Library

Clarence Lester (1877-1951)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission

Carol Lewis (1942-2020)
Appleton Public Library

Klas Linderfelt (1847-1900)
Milwaukee Public Library

Barbara List (1934-2014)
Marquette University

Neah Joann Lohr (1932-2011)
Reedsburg Schools, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Helen Lyman (1910-2002)
Wisconsin State Library, UW-Madison School of Information and Library Studies (now known as the UW-Madison iSchool)

Sandra Mackie (1945-2020)
VP/Trustee, Northern Waters Library System

Mary Malinkovich (1953-2017)
Milwaukee Public Library

Majorie Sornson Malmberg (1914-2004)
Viroqua Public Library, Chippewa Public Library, Appleton Public Library, Wisconsin Library Association

Eleanor Manti (1925-2013)
Marquette University

Nancy Marshall (1933-2018)
UW-Madison, WiLS

Peggy Martin (1927-2018)
Racine Public Library

Charles Marx (1945- 2020)
UW-La Crosse Library

Susan (Sue) Mauritz (1944-2019)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Charles R. McCarthy (1873-1921)
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library

Juanita McDowell (1943-2017)
Endeavor Public Library

Carole McEvoy (1935-2020)
UW-Madison Steenbock Library

Eugene (Gene) McLane (1928-2008)
Fond du Lac Public Library, Mid-Wisconsin Public Library System

Margaret McGowan (1929-2017)
Wauwatosa Public

Julia Wright Merrill (1881-1961)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission

Ann Mitchell (1941-2008)
Lake Bluff Elementary School

Milton (Milt) Mitchell (1945-2019)
Milwaukee Public Library, UW-Oshkosh, Oshkosh Public Library, Indianhead Federated Library System

Margaret Monroe (1914-2004)
UW-Madison iSchool

Lucy Morris (1850-1935)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission

Carol Mueller (1949-2015)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Miriam Muir (1916-2015)
Kenosha Public Library

Timothy (Tim) Muench (1949-2017)
Appleton Public Library

Elizabeth (Bette) Murray (1924-2017)
Trustee, Greendale Public Library

Elizabeth (Beth) Murray (1941-2019)
Hedberg (Janesville) Public Library

Margaret Murray (1948-2018)
Marquette University, Brookfield Public Library

Margaret Myers (1921-2008)
UW-Madison Business Library

Gerhard (Gary) Naeseth (1913-1994)
UW-Madison

Milma Naeseth (1914-2006)
UW-Madison Memorial Library, DEMCO Educational Corporation

Nadeane Nass (1930-2016)
Jefferson Public Library

Nolan Neds (1921-2006)
Milwaukee Public Library

Mary Ann Nevitt (1936-2017)
Oshkosh Public Library, West Bend Public Library

Irene Newman (1895-2005)
Wisconsin Department of Public Education

Manuela Nitti (1946-2021)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Catherine (Cathy) Norris (1944-2012)
Janesville Public Library

Minnie Oakley (1861-1915)
Madison Public Library, State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Rita Odland (1933-2021)
Stoughton Public Library

Donald (Don) Oehlerts (1927-2016)
Wisconsin State Historical Society

Jerilyn Pappenfus (1945-2020)
Germantown School District, Iron Ridge Public Library

William (Bill) Patch (1919-2006)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Janet Patterson (1947-2017)
UW-Eau Claire

Thomas (Tom) Peischel (1943-2020)
UW-Parkside

John Peters (1938-2014)
Wisconsin Historical Society

Jane Person-King (1963-2016)
Madison Public Library

Virginia Phelan (1939-2019)
President/Trustee Northern Door Library

Cornelia Pierce (1873-1957)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission, UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies

Joan Pierce (1929-2017)
UW-Milwaukee

Beverly Pinch (1922-2015)
East Troy School System

Georgia Portuondo (1921-2007)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Virginia Potter (1932-1996)
Fond du Lac Public Library, Wisconsin Department of Public Education

Cleo Powers (1945-2014)
UW-Eau Claire

Sandy Prettie (1959-2020)
Plymouth Public Library

Milan Radovich (1928-2019)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Bette Ramsden (1947-2000)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

William Ready (1914-1981)
Marquette University

Walter (Walt) Reandeau (1938-2009)
Sun Prairie Public Library

Genevieve Reber (1918-2008)
Rice Lake Public Library, Prairie Farm Public Library, UW-Eau Claire

Harry Reid (1945-1994)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Barbara Reinhold (1937-2020)
Campbellsport Public School, Fond du Lac Sabish Senior High

John Rettig (1920-2010)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Reade Rettig (1925-2007)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Delores Rifleman (1923-2007)
Green Bay Public Library, Allouez Public Schools, Washington Junior High School (Green Bay)

Jo Rocca (1927-1993)
Mead Public Library

Ruby Roeder (1913-2017)
Beaver Dam Public Library

Gloria Roge (1931-2020)
Grandview School

Roma Rogers (1939-2915)
Oshkosh Public Library

Alexander (Alex) Rolich (1923-2014)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Phyllis (Kimbrough) Rose (1932-2021)
UW-Madison

William (Bill) Roselle (1936-2017)
UW-Milwaukee

H. Jean Rowley (1927-2010)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Philip (Phil) Sawin (1933-2018)
UW-Stout

Louise Schang (1941-2020)
Ripon College, Princeton School District

Rachel Schenk (1899-1973)
UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies

Bernard (Bernie) Schwab (1920-1990)
Madison Public Library

Robert (Bob) Sessions (1947-2020)
UW-Madison Steenbock Library

Peggy Shaffer (1927-2011)
Lakeshores Public Library System

Leslyn Shires (1939-2015)
Wisconsin Department of Public Education, Fond du Lac Public Library, Wauwatosa Public Library

Terrance (Terry) Shults (1947-2018)
Ripon College

Enid Simon (1935-2018)
UW-Madison Engineering Library

Debra (Deb) Slaats (1956-2020)
Platteville Public Library

Barbara (Barb) Smith (1949-2012)
Juneau Public Library

Fern (Elaine) Smith (1932-2016)
McMillian Memorial (Wisconsin Rapids) Public Library

Walter Mcmynn Smith (1869-1939)
UW-Madison

Gerald Somers (1921-2003)
Green Bay Public Library

Joshua (Josh) Steans (1970-2019)
UW-Stout

Lutie Stearns (1866-1943)
Wisconsin Free Library Commission

Patricia (Patty) Steele (1945-2019)
Neillsville Public Library, Marshfield Public Library

Father Francis Steffen (1931-2020)
Master of Arts in library science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Chairman of the Wisconsin Association of School Librarians

Ruth Steffen (1925-2019)
UW-Stevens Point

Beth Stein (1963-1013)
Pepin Public Library

Quentin de Streel (1934-1998)
Dane County Library System

Joseph Strmecki (1918-1993)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Charles Szabo (1914-1992)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Veronica Szabo (1920-2002)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Charles (Chuck) Tadych (1945-2020)
Manitowoc Public Library

Rev. Phil Talmadge (1928-2010)
Marquette University

Elaine Taylor (1921-2006)
Chippewa Falls Public Library

Herbert (Herb) Tepper (1921-1998)
Wisconsin State Historical Society

Leonard Tessen (1939-2019)
State Library of Wisconsin

Gertrude Thurow (1906-1993 )
La Crosse Public Library, Winding Rivers Public Library Service

Reuben Gold Thwaites (1853-1913)
State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Mary Tipton (1944-2014)
Green Bay Public Library, WiLS, UW-Madison Memorial Library

Miriam Tompkins (1892-1954)
Milwaukee Public Library

Robert (Bob) Toomey (1928-2005)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Paula Torgeson (1950-2018)
Fox Lake Public Library

Andrea Van Groll (1954-2016)
UW-Milwaukee

Ella Veslak (1897-1996)
Shawano Public Library, Shawano County Library

Alice Viney (1934-2020)
River Falls Greenwood Elementary School

Gerald (Jerry) Wager (1948-2004)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Gloria Waity (1933-2015)
"Free Lance Librarian"

Mina Waldie (1930-2018)
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau

Louise Butler Walker (1914-2000)
Fort Atkinson Public Library

Richard (Dick) Walker (1930-2019)
UW-Madison iSchool

Chester Wang (1920-2016)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Geraldine (Gerri) Wanserski (1952-2020)
UW-Madison Health Science (Ebling) Library

Patricia Ann Wargula (1946-2017)
Sun Prairie Public Library, Edgerton School System

Barbara Wedekind (1942-2017)
Madison Public Library

Elwyn Weible (1934-2016)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Erwin Welsch (1935-2009)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Esther Wentz (1939-2017)
Osceola School District

Richard West (1944-2020)
UW-Madison Engineering (Wendt) Library

Barbara Wetherbee (1937-2019)
Antioch Public Library

Ronald (Ron) Wiecki (1956-2019)
UW-Madison Music Library

Benton (Ben) Wilcox (1900-1988)
Wisconsin State Historical Society

Lowell Wilson (1916-2015)
Trustee, Lakeshores Public Library System, Janesville School District

Jeanne Witte (1952-2017)
UW-Madison Steenbock Library

Corrine Wocelka (1931-2014)
Lawrence University

Mary L. Woodworth (1926-1986)
UW-Madison School of Information and Library Studies (now known as the UW-Madison iSchool)

Dorothy Wright (1913-2007)
New London Public Library

James (Jim) Wroblewski (1950-2015)
Southwest Wisconsin Library System

Dianna Xu (19?? - 2019)
UW-Madison Memorial Library

Gloria Young (1950-2015)
Pittsville School District

Rosemary Young Singh (1945-2021)
Manitowoc Public Library

Sheila Zillner (1952-2020)
WiLS

Andrew (Andy) Zinkl (1942-2015)
UW-Green Bay

LeRoy Zweifel (1924-1992)
UW-Madison Engineering (Wendt) Library