Terrie at the library information desk, c. 1970s

Terrie at the information desk, a clock on the wall, a tiger artwork above her, ranked shelves of reference books behind her. She is leaning into the desk, hands folded, smiling directly at the camera.

This is the librarian half of “my books and students” in her poem, and the “former children’s librarian” in Chuck’s memorial speech. Most likely from her years at the Marietta Public Library as children’s librarian — one of the three posts named in her 2017 obituary (the others were North Hills Elementary and Harmar Elementary).

The companion photograph — her reading Star Wars to small Chuck on a couch — is the home version of this same person at this same work.