Dorothy V. English
Published February 20, 2006
Dorothy V. English, 84, of Bainbridge Island died Feb. 20.
She was born on June 7, 1921, in Lawrence, Mass., to Richard Vincent and Alice Deblois.
She earned a bachelor of arts degree at Emanuel College and a master of arts at Simmons College, in Boston.
During her first 15 years as a librarian, she worked at Boston College, the Harvard Museum of Comparative Philology and schools and public libraries in Endicott, N.Y.
She moved to California in 1960, where she worked at Berkeley Public Library and became head of children’s services in Vallejo and San Mateo, Calif. She came to live on Bainbridge Island and accepted a position in 1974 as director of children’s services at Seattle Public Library, from which she retired in 1989.
Among her honors was a life membership to the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California. She was the first person to be awarded life membership to the Association of Children’s Librarians of the Puget Sound Council of Children’s Books and Media.
She is survived by her three sons and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Feb. 24 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church on Bainbridge Island, with interment at Seabold Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or Group Health Hospice.
Arrangements are by Kass & Cook Family Funeral Home.