Mrs. Lill, librarian, knew just how to read her students

While it’s not unusual to pay tribute to the tremendous role coaches can have in our lives, it may not be common to pay tribute to a librarian.

But school faculty of any sort can be of seminal influence for the better, and my grade school librarian, Dorothy Lill, was a blessing to student lives for a solid quarter century. Mrs. Lill, who died earlier this month at age 92, showed me how books can open my mind — and, more importantly, feed my spirit.