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Susan Gavin-Leone, Penn Libraries

caption: Susan Gavin-LeoneSusan M. Gavin-Leone, LPS’11, a library service assistant in the Penn Libraries, died on June 17. She was 64. 

Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Ms. Gavin-Leone moved frequently with her family while she was growing up and was raised in New Jersey, Vermont, and Connecticut. She worked for Penn Libraries for 21 years—in 2003, she joined the libraries as a clerk, then advanced to a library stack attendant, a bibliographic assistant, and, finally, in 2016, a library service assistant. Working at the Penn Libraries helped Ms. Gavin-Leone foster her passions for reading and research. While at Penn, she earned a BA in theater arts from Penn’s College of Liberal & Professional Studies and completed a master’s degree in library science at Drexel University. She helped coordinate Penn’s annual holiday gift drives on behalf of the Penn Libraries. 

Ms. Gavin-Leone is survived by her husband, Mario J. Leone; her children, Mario (Stephanie) Leone, Benjamin Leone, and Giovanni (Ariana) Leone; her grandchildren, Lorenzo and Mario; her brothers, Thomas (Susan Stone) Gavin, Jr., William (Meredith) Gavin, and Martin Gavin; and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Gavin, and her sister, Elizabeth Yuskaitis.

A visitation was held on June 23. Donations in Ms. Gavin-Leone’s memory may be made to:

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