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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Morris, Susan <smor@loc.gov>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 12, 2019 10:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> LS/ABA Staff <LS_ABAStaff@loc.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Paul Maher's Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">ABA-Washington staff: Beacher learned over the weekend that our treasured former colleague Paul Maher passed away this past May. I’m forwarding an obituary kindly
supplied by Virginia Schoepf, former assistant chief of the Decimal Classification Division.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I’m forwarding this news to all members of ABA. Supervisors don’t need to forward. -- Susan
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Virginia Schoepf <<a href="mailto:schoepfvirginia@yahoo.com">schoepfvirginia@yahoo.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Wiggins, Beacher <<a href="mailto:bwig@loc.gov">bwig@loc.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Paul's Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our dear friend Paul passed away on Thursday night May 15 2019. He became ill while staying at his hotel in Iowa City, Iowa after spending
the day doing research at the University of Iowa’s library. Paul was doing that day what was his most enjoyed passtime: visiting a major research library to mine information and resources for a major project on Jewish biography and journal articles. He had
worked on this for years since his retirement, and nothing tickled him more than finding and accessing rare documentation that could be included in this ongoing project.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Paul was born in 1952 in the northern town of Viola Illinois. He lived in a smaller town near there during childhood with six brothers and
his parents. He finished high school in Indiana, and then went to college at Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan University), graduating in 1972.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Paul grew up in a religious environment, and from an early age was fascinated by Biblical history, especially that of the Jewish people. He
made it his life’s work to study Hebrew, Biblical Greek, and theology. He studied at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, receiving two masters degrees. He spent a year abroad during this time, living
and studying in Israel.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">He worked for some years as a specialist at University Microfilms in Ann Arbor, but relocated to Washington DC to take a job at the Library
of Congress in the 1980s. It soon became clear that Paul was a brilliant cataloguer, particularly in regards to Hebrew and Yiddish materials. He wrote “Hebraica Cataloging”, THE standard manual in English as a guide to cataloging Hebrew resources in English-language
libraries. This was published by the Library and is available full-text for free on the web.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">When Paul retired in 2002, he moved back to the area where he grew up in Northern Illinois, settling down in Aledo. His research continued
now as his chief avocation. He wrote an exhaustive bibliography to the works of Donald G. Bloesch, a noted Catholic theolgian, who mentored Paul during his days in Dubuque. It was published by Scarecrow Press in 2007.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Paul relocated to Champaign-Urbana in 2011, to tap into the vast collections of the University of Illinois’s libraries. Its location made day
trips and short visits to surrounding university collections easy, and Paul loved to go on these jaunts. Over the years he amassed an enormous database of bibliographic information, that he was organizing for public use by Jewish scholars. Parts of it were
used by Professor David J. A. Clines in his epic work: “The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew”.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In 2016, Paul moved to Quincy IL. His research continued, now focusing on the university libraries within a short distance from him in Iowa
and Missouri. And it was while on his visit to Iowa City this week, that he suffered a heart attack.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Paul was well-loved by his friends, who live all around the world now. He had a modest demeanor that might not indicate just how smart and
accomplished he was. The same was true of his sharp wit! He laughed easily and often, and was a superb storyteller. He loved to talk history, politics and religion, and could accommodate the views of those who might disagree, without rancor. He was an accomplished
organist and adored classical music and opera, as well as all the talent reality shows for unknown musicians competing on tv. He loved to cook for his friends, and try ethnic dishes, especially from the Middle East. He shared his home with beloved cats that
he took in during his years in Baltimore/DC and then later, in Illinois. It was a lucky kitty who got to live with Paul!</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">And this was true for those who got to know him as his closest friends, as well as his many casual acquaintances. He was generous, fun, and kind. He will be missed
greatly by all of us, and he left our world all too soon.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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