Pauline Love

Pauline J. Shipp Love, 100, Topeka, Kansas, passed away Dec. 8, 2011. Pauline and her twin brother, Paul Shipp, were born in Herington, Kansas, April 22, 1911. Their parents were Elda May Johnson and Francis (Frank) Shipp. Pauline attended grade schools in Herington, San Diego, Manhattan, Holton, and Alma. She graduated from the Alma High School in 1929, as the valedictorian of the class. In high school she took the normal training courses. After passing the state examinations she was licensed to teach. She taught in one room schools in Wabaunsee County and attended summer school at Kansas State University. She enrolled in the Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia as a sophomore. She received a BS in Education and graduated in 1937 cum laude. For a year she served as Assistant Librarian at Baker University and then went to the Atchison High School as its first librarian. After her marriage to Donald Love she moved to Chicago. There she worked for a year on the Index Medicine for the American Medical Association. She then accepted the position of Editorial Assistant in the publishing department of the American Library Association. She became the editor and then the Director of the Publishing Department which published books and magazines for librarians. In her position at the American Library Association, she worked with librarians in all types of libraries in the United States and throughout the world. Pauline traveled widely for business and for pleasure in the United States, Canada, and Europe. In 1981 she moved from Evanston, Illinois to Aldersgate Village, Topeka, Kansas. She was a long time volunteer at St. Francis Hospital and the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library. Pauline was a member of First Lutheran Church, the League of Women Voters and the American Library Association. She was preceded in death by her older brother Merl Shipp and her brother, Edward Olson. She is survived by her twin brother, Paul Shipp, Salina; sisters, Ida Thomas, Harveyville and Marian Orton, Topeka; and numerous nephews and nieces. Memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. Memorial contributions are suggested to First Lutheran Church and/or The Good Samaritan Fund at Aldersgate Village, sent in care of Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Rd, Topeka KS 66614.

Pauline Love

April 22, 1911 - December 8, 2011