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from 2-9-2003 Examiner Enterprise
Giari Maygene, died in Pasadena, Calif., January 11, 2003. Her husband
of 55 years, Fred, was at her side. Maygene was
born in Fallon, Nevada in 1917, graduated from Stanford University in
1940, and received her Masters in Library Science
from Columbia University in 1942. She worked in General George
Marshall's office in Nanking, China, following the end of
World War II. Later she was a correspondent for Time and Life Magazine
in Shanghai. She returned from China in 1947 and
married her college sweetheart, Fred Giari, from San Rafael, California.
Maygene lived in Southern California since 1948
and made her home in Pasadena for the past 45 years. In addition to
raising two children, Maygene was an inspirational
teacher and librarian at Westridge School in Pasadena for many years.
Upon her retirement from teaching, she moved with
her husband to Bartlesville, Oklahoma where he worked for Phillips
Petroleum Co. There she became actively involved in
the League of Women Voters and!
the American Civil Liberties Union. She wrote studies on prison reform
and testified before legislative committees on
prisoners' rights. She remained committed to prison reform throughout
her life, and will be remembered as a crusader for
intelligent corrections policy.
Maygene was dedicated to social justice and humanitarian causes. She
believed that "the pen is mightier than the sword,"
and sought to show her students that words could transform conditions.
Thirty years after her retirement from teaching,
students were still writing to her. She made a lasting impression on
those she worked with. She loved her family, her
pets, and her garden, and filled her life with activity, correspondence,
and friendship.
Her most-often repeated quotation was "I've got so much to 'tend to."
Maygene will be missed and remembered by her
husband, daughter Helen and son Rick, six grandchildren and 2 great
grandchildren. A family memorial service will
celebrate her life.
--
Jeffery Scism,
http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/
InternationalBlacksheep Society of Genealogists
Homepages:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scismfam/
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