GIFTS MADE IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF OTHERS

THANK YOU, Friends, for these very special gifts! You’ve honored past Winthrop librarian Sally Portman and many others, and remembered loved ones. Hover over the photos to learn about the special people shown here. Omissions or changes? Tell us here. This list is current as of 2/14/22. Lists are alphabetical by donor last name; the honored or remembered is in bold text.

Sally Portman served as Winthrop’s librarian for 34 years - thank you, Sally!

IN HONOR OF SALLY PORTMAN

Courtney & John Aber
Patti & Nick Ahlfs
Rita Anderson & Kent Hitch
Peter & Janet Bauer
Kate Brien & Joel Dubowy
Carol & Steve Cassella
Charles & Ellen Chaffee
Fred Chapman & Eleonor Schneider
Harriett Cody & Harvey Sadis
Sheila & Dean Coe
James & Tory DeSalvo
Ann Diamond & Jerry Laverty
Pete & Janice Dickinson
Mark & Karen Endresen
Gerald & Helen Evans
Libby Foley
Annette Frahm & Jens Kieler
Val Hecker
Dorothy & Ed Hudson
Jessica, Tom & Rowan Kelley
Nancy Kuta & David Caldwell
Missy & Rick LeDuc
Carolyn & Stu Loren
Emmett Kinkade
Betsy & Mike McPhaden
Andy Miller
Molly Maxted
Ted & Cathy Paprocki
Nancy Place & Tom Allen
Mark Ryan
Janis Sodt
Becky Sproat & Kurt Hermanns
April Stephens
Barbara Stolzenburg
Carolyn & Tom Sullivan
Matilda Truog
Barbara Wells
Frances Williams
Herbert & Irmgard Wimberger
Amy & Mark Worthington
Calder Zulauf
Jack Zulauf

Gloria Spiwak has been a Friend of the Winthrop Library for over 40 years!

IN HONOR OF OTHERS

HONORING TASHA & SHANE ATCHISON
Beth Ketcham
Julie & Bryan Syrdal

HONORING HARRIS CLARKE

Stan McNaughton

Judy Pickar & Ross Latham

HONORING SHANNON HUFFMAN POLSON
7 x 24 Exchange
Patrick Trammell

HONORING BARB SCHNEIDER
Anonymous
Nick Schneider

HONORING CRAIG ‘BOOKMAN’ SEASHOLES
Joan Abrevaya
Anonymous (2)
Jenna Calixto
Sayuri Doi
Anne Seasholes Kozlu
Ellen & Leary O’Gorman
Ken Pilcher

James & Vivian Schwab

HONORING JILL SHELEY

Melissa Becker
Andy Rubenstein

HONORING GENE & NANCY STUDER
Jen & Peter Houston
Patrick Kelley
Liz White & Terry Denton

HONORING SOLVEIG TORVIK
Methow Valley Gray Jays
Mary Morgan & Phil Millam

HONORING OTHERS
Beth Anderson & Matt Hinckley for Christopher Anderson & Eva Black
Beth Anderson & Matt Hinckley for Joanne Anderson

Christopher Anderson & Eva Black for Beth Anderson & Matt Hinckley
Anonymous for Mike Eisenberg
Anonymous for Hilary Kaltenbach
Anonymous for Hilary & Dan Kaltenbach
Anonymous for Dr. David Loertscher
Anonymous for Joyce Valenza

Tasha & Shane Atchison for the Fearless FOWL Team
Joy Blakeslee for Al & Koko Blakeslee
Bryan Burdo for The Winthrop Community
Caryl Campbell & John Adams for The Gray Jays
Tom & Sonya Campion for Solveig Torvik & Karen West
Barb Feasey & Bill Bryant for Kathe Fowler
Zanna Gable for Odin & Zian Noe
Kate Gallacher for Wally Euyang
Nancey Goforth for Haida Ikeda
Eileen Kollins for Allison Augustyn
Mark & Sara Kranwinkle for Jim & Gaye Pigott
Andrew Larson & Brandi Parsley for Andy & Dianne Larson
The Leland Family for Nancy Leland
Rachel Levi for Librarian Dawn Woodruff
Christian & Kellie Moore for Bernadette Moore
Mary Morgan & Phil Millam for Chris & Mel Hartwig
Mary Morgan & Phil Millam for Sally Ranzau

Bruce Nitsche & Jo Wallace for Knud Nielsen
Suzanne & Noah Perin for Sophia & Rebekah Perin
Porter-Kolden Family for Rolf Kolden
Mary Redman-Hill for All Health Care Providers
Laura & Casey Ruud for Jamie’s Place & connections to the new Winthrop Library
Shafer Historical Museum for Shafer Family librarians and founding members of the first Winthrop Library
Michael and Mary Ellen Simkins for Melissa Pritchard
Christy & Robin Stebbins for Gloria Spiwak
Suzuki Families for Kerry Travers
Cabby Tennis & Madeleine Hewitt for Johanne Hewitt & Hyde Tennis
Jen & Matt Tilghman-Havens for Walt & Kathleen Havens
Nancy Walton for Rick & Pat Nordby

Firefighter, actor and student Tommy Zbyszewski died protecting the valley he loved.

IN MEMORY OF LOVED ONES

REMEMBERING CARL MILLER
Roxie Miller
Dennis & Marilyn O’Callaghan
Mike Real
Karen West & Solveig Torvik

REMEMBERING ROGER OLSEN

Char & Ed Alkire
Gabby Barel
Dana Christiansen & Don Davidson
Betsy Cushman & Barb Preston
Detail Metals - Mckenzie Keith
Cindy & Mike Hastings
John Hayes
Patty Jones
Brooke & Sam Lucy
Andy Miller
Rod Nelson & Lani Swanhart
Val Nelson & Madlen Caplow
Anne Phalen & Peter Moser
Bill Pope & Teresa Castner
Mary Sharman
The Slag Works - Barry Stromberger
Louise & John Stevens
David & Dana Taft
Heidi & Denny Weston
Leyland Whittaker

REMEMBERING MIKE REAL
Frank Bosl & Pam Sheets
Sharon Cupp
Dennis & Marilyn O’Callaghan
Heather Patrick
Gaye & Jim Pigott
Jason Paulsen & Valerie Potts
Susan & Kurt Snover
Gloria Spiwak
Christy & Robin Stebbins

REMEMBERING ELEANOR SMITH

Hester-Smith Family
John Smith

REMEMBERING KURT SNOVER
Caryl Campbell & John Adams
Robin & Chuck Gleiser
Arni Hope Litt
Judith Nevins & Samuel Bell
Nancy Patchin
Kristen Rellihan

REMEMBERING BERNIECE WESTENDORF
Judi Baxter
Paul & Barbara Dixon
Beverly Flora
Robin & Chuck Gleiser
Dorothy & Ed Hudson
Betty & Earl Johansen
Gail Johnson
Mark Miller & Susan Samuelson
Laura & Casey Ruud
Karen West & Solveig Torvik
Westendorf Jazz Trio

REMEMBERING KEN WESTMAN
Art & Judith Gresh
Libby Hillis
Scott Johnston
Misty Fjord Seafood
Robert & Charlotte Nelson
Wade & Beth Perrow
Jen & Matt Tilghman-Havens
Marilyn Westman & Terra Straight

REMEMBERING OTHERS
Char & Ed Alkire for Dorys & Durwood Alkire and Francella & Don Olson
Anonymous for Eli Reischl
Anonymous for David D. Walter
Anonymous for Marjory White, past Winthrop Librarian
Bud Bard for Molly Longmoor Bard, Karen Filer Knapp & Nell Park Sundberg
Bud Bard for Jud & Mary Longmoor
Wendy Bloom for Robert D. Kahn
Adrian Chavey & Gordy Reynaud for Dick Chavey
Leah Duffy Deardorff for Barbara Shafer Duffy
Jeremy & Nora de Souza for Christine de Souza
Heidi De Laubenfels for Janet Woodward
Graham & Marian Exall for Mary Kiesau
Cheryl Goerger for Lois Seely
Hall Construction for Charlie Segale
Heckendorn Family Trust for C. Henry & Beatrice Williams Heckendorn
Alex MacLeod & Willie Williams for Doris Ridge MacLeod
Maydole Family for Barbara DeRubertis
Lisa McMillian & Daniel Shideler for Rosalie June Shideler
Heather & Pete Menzies for Dagny Roborg Lynch
The Miller Family for Lee G. Miller
Diana Prince for Rebecca Prince
Bob & Kelly Sampson for Jerry Volberding
Megan Schmidt for Richard Smith
Mike Shirley for Red McComb
Chris & Cathy Stern for Jonathan Stern
Bonnie Stevens for Tommy Zbyszewski
Barbara Stolzenburg for Denny Stolzenburg
Laura Bitzes Thomas for Sharon Bitzes Thomas
Leyland Whittaker for Marilyn Firminhac Whittaker
Sonia Wolfman for Jennifer Wolfman
Ken & Loy Young for Sally Irene Dunn

“This project should raise our spirits, and every time we see this building we’re going to feel proud of what this community has created.”

— Sally Portman, retired Winthrop librarian