I first met Mike when he and I were elected to whatever public library division MLA had in those days. He and the late Don Best (then director in Cadillac) set great examples to this then newbie librarian. (MLA was at Sugar Loaf Mountain that year btw.) We stayed in touch after I left Michigan and when I became a Carnegie Library Director he made sure I got a tour of the old TC library.  Which I classed in the very common category of Carnegie with a shoebox stuck to it.  So he may be gone, but he will always be one of my very positive memories.

Connie

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:46 AM, Gail Parsons via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
Good morning,

I wanted to share with you all the sad news that TADL's former director, Mike McGuire, passed away yesterday morning after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time, but he is being served by Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home in Traverse City.

Mike worked at TADL for about 35 years and was director for most of that time, retiring in 2009. He continued to volunteer here sorting donations until a couple years ago. He was also past president of MLA.

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Gail A. Parsons
Library Director
Traverse Area District Library
610 Woodmere Ave.
Traverse City, MI 49686

231-932-8527 (phone)

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Connie Jo Ozinga
Library Director
Commerce Township Community Library
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