Hello,
I send this to the Wayne County, IN list because Susan Kendall may have
assisted some of you in your search for your ancestors. We have found that her
touch spanned many states and even reached over into Europe.
Quoting from my earlier message to the Darke Couty (DCO) list:
"For those of you who may not have heard, the Darke County Ohio genealogical
research community has suffered a great loss in the death of Susan Kendall on
Friday, April 22. Susan was a tremendous asset to those who were searching in
Darke and Preble counties, sharing from both her private research collection
and that of the Preble County District Library where she has served as Director
for the past 24 years.
The DCO list ( DARKE-OH-L(a)LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU ) will be collecting donations
[through May 14th] to give to the Susan Kendall Memorial Fund in Susan's
memory. These donations will be presented as a single donation from the online
research community. If any you would like to join with us, please e-mail me
[mailto:jane@dcoweb.org] for further instructions regarding how to
participate. And most certainly, if you would like to make a private donation
in her memory, please do so. Her obituary stated: "In lieu of flowers, her
family requests memorial contributions to the Susan Kendall Memorial Fund at
the Preble County District Library, 450 South Barron Street, Eaton, Ohio 45320-
2402."
We are also putting together a collection of tributes and memories of Susan.
If you would like to participate in this, please e-mail your sentiments to
[mailto:jane@dcoweb.org ."
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This page has now been opened at:
http://php.ucs.indiana.edu/~jetorres/Susie.html If you have interesting in
adding your sentiments, we welcome you to do so.
In her capacity as Library Director, Susan guided the library to become a
shining example of what a rural county public library system can become. Susan
also had an intense interest in genealogy and a great capacity for sharing her
own information and helping others find information. Through her guidance the
Preble County Room was created and has grown to become a wonderful genelogical
research center. She was the perfect combination of Librarian/Genealogist.
Thank you,
--Jane Barr Torres