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- Van Handel, Ralph A. Lafayette, Indiana, Age 83, passed away November 27, 2002. He was born January 17, 1919 in Appleton and he received his bachelors in library science from the University of Wisconsin. He married Alice C Hogan in 1945 in Madison, Wisconsin. He is survived by his wife, Alice C Van Handel; a son, William P. VanHandel (Becky), Greenwood, Indiana; two daughters: Karen Naminski (Tom), Wheeler, Indiana; Mary Jo Craig (Terry), Plymouth, Indiana; four grandchildren, and three sisters: Ruth Kessler (Arthur), Neenah; Dorothy Spencer (Frank), Sylacauga, Alabama; Joan Sommerville (Gene), Redding, California. Mr. Van Handel served in the Army Air Corps from 1941 to 1945. He received six battle stars and two unit commendations. He was the head librarian in Lawrence, Kansas from 1947-1951 and in Hibbing, Minnesota from 1951- 1954. He was the library director in Gary, IN from 1954-1974. From 1974-19 84 he was the library director at Wells Memorial Public Library, Lafayette, Indiana. He was a member of the Indiana Library Certification Board from 1969-1984, the Indiana State Library and Historical Building Expansion Committee f rom 1973-1981, a life member of the American Library Association, and a life member of the Indiana Library Association, of which he was president fr om 1963-1964.In 1971 he was named Indiana Librarian of the Year. He was Named Sagamore of the Wabash in 1984. He was a member of Knights of Columbus and form er member of the Lafayette Rotary Club. He was listed in the Whos W ho in the World, Whos Who in America and Whos Who in the Midwest.
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1919 - 2002 (83 years)
