Librarian. Philanthropist. Award-Winning Citizen.
Charlotte Gallant (1917-2022)
Charlotte Gallant lived to be 104 years old. Charlotte was born in Delaware, Ohio on July 27, 1917. She graduated from Willis High School and Ohio Wesleyan University and earned a degree in Library Science from Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She was a Librarian at Willis High School for six years and then worked for thirty-six years as a Children's Librarian in the Cuyahoga County Library System in Cleveland.
She retired in 1980 and moved back to Delaware. She volunteered at various times with the Central Ohio Symphony Board, Preservation Parks, Arts Castle, the Humane Society, Bloodmobile, Andrews House, Women's City Club and Asbury United Methodist Church. In 1995 she received the Wayne Hilborn Award from the Delaware Chamber of Commerce.
She belonged to Asbury United Methodist Church where she was an active member of the United Methodist Women. She was also a member of the P.E.O. and of the Women's City Club. Her gift of the woods on one of her grandfather's farms to Preservation Parks of Delaware County was instrumental in the development of Gallant Woods Park.
Submitted by Rebecca Wilden
Resources:
Legacy Page: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/delgazette/name/charlotte-gallant-obituary?id=32381478
Read recollections about her on Preservation Parks--Delaware County: https://preservationparks.com/recollections-of-charlotte-gallant/
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In honor of the Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary of ALA) in 2026, the Library History Round Table is hosting Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026. This collage of tributes seeks to honor librarians who died between 1976-2026. The tributes are published to ALA Connect and a digital memorial on LHRT News & Notes.
We invite tributes from anyone about any library worker who passed away between 1976-2026. To submit a tribute, please use the form at https://lhrt.news/librarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026-2/
For questions or comments, please reach out to Dr. Kathleen McCook (kmccook@usf.edu) or Brett Spencer (dbs21@psu.edu).
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Brett Spencer
Reference Librarian
Thun Library, Penn State Berks
He/Him/His
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