"The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell." --Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Mildred Ramga (1902-1994)
Mildred Ramga was my Mother. She began her teaching career in a 1 room school after attending Ohio Northern Normal School. She eventually went back and finished her degree. She earned her library degree from Kent State in 1952, I think. (I was very young.) She was librarian at Jackson Memorial High School in Massillon, Ohio, and retired in 1968 as an English teacher in that school system.
Obituary:
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/08/20/pinellas-obituaries/
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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, a digital memorial on LHRT News & Notes, and ALA's institutional repository (ALAIR).
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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