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| Laura Spurrier (second from left) in 2016, with CGS team members Jim Robinson, Gloria Hanson, and Chris Pattillo |
Our CGS family of volunteers and members were saddened to
hear of the passing of Laura Spurrier this past Tuesday morning (June 9). She had been
a CGS member since 1996.
She served on our Board of Directors and the library
committee and was our librarian for many years. Among her specific services to
CGS were:
- Organizing and coordinating the movement of our books to our current library location from our old location at 1601 Telegraph in 2007.
- Securing the funding for, and overseeing the transition of, our library card catalog to digital and making it available on our website.
- Co-leading one of our first research trips to the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana and providing consultations before and after that trip.
- Serving as an editor for the CGS book on the Judge family.
Laura had a masters degree in history from the University of
Wisconsin and a master of library science degree from UC Berkeley. She worked
as a technical information specialist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
until her retirement. She was able to put her education and experience to good
use at CGS and we appreciate, and have benefited from, her involvement. She was
always willing to help others with their genealogy questions, especially if
they were related to Scandinavian or Quaker issues.
Our thoughts and condolences go to her family. A memorial
will be held in Berkeley, once it is safer to do so.
James Sorenson, President
Copyright © 2020 by California Genealogical Society
1 comments:
I'm so sorry to hear it. She was definitely part of the Library backbone in the early 2000's.
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