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\"RebeccaThe staff of the Osterlin Library would like to acknowledge the work and lifelong contributions to libraries in Traverse City on the occasion of Rebecca Mericle’s death on June 2, 2015.<\/p>\n

Rebecca earned a B.A. from Wayne State University and a B.S. in Library Science from Simmons College in Boston.\u00a0 After graduation she worked at the Detroit Public Library before moving back to her home on the Old Mission Peninsula.\u00a0 She was one of the founders and first librarian of the shared Old Mission School\/Peninsula Community Library.\u00a0 Rebecca left the Old Mission library to work in the new Osterlin Library at NMC for the 1960\/61 school year and served as assistant librarian until she\u00a0retired in 1980.\u00a0 One of her lasting achievements was the indexing of the Traverse City Record Eagle.<\/p>\n

\"Rebecca

Rebecca with Library Director, Bernie Rink in 1962.<\/p><\/div>\n

Rebecca’s work in our community helped to establish two institutions of education and lifelong learning.\u00a0 We are grateful for her contributions and celebrate her life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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