The Harrison District Library lost the matriarch of our library family this month. Long time library director, Anne Smith, passed away November 1st surrounded by her family. Anne served as library director at HDL for 32 years. She lead the library through a massive building remodel in the late 1990’s along with keeping the library on the forefront of advancements in library services to benefit our community. A Celebration of Life service in honor of Anne will be held Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. from Stocking Funeral Home, Harrison. Family and friends are encouraged to gather on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at Stocking Funeral Home. If you remember working with Anne before her retirement in 2002, please consider sharing a memory or story you have with Anne through the Stocking Funeral Home website book of memories. Her family will be comforted hearing about how Anne was love and respected by the library community in Michigan. http://www.stockingfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/2279196/Smith-Anne/obitu... [cid:F903F05C-7B04-49DE-BF23-E0FFDC09F3B8] — Sheila M. Bissonnette, MLIS Library Director Cell phone: (989) 878-0450 Harrison District Library 105 E. Main Street P.O. Box 380 Harrison, MI 48625 (989) 539-6711 ext 6 (989) 539-6301 (fax) www.harrisondistrictlibrary.org Pere Marquette District Library 185 E. Fourth Street Clare, MI 48617 (989) 386-7576 ext 4 (989) 386-3576 (fax) www.pmdl.org