Anna LEITH

LEITH, Anna Ruth
November 22, 1923 – October 16, 2014
Anna peacefully passed away in Vancouver on October 16, 2014. She was born in Prince George and moved to Vancouver in her early teens. She was predeceased by her parents, Miriam and Arthur and her good friend, Luciano Vascotto. She is survived by cousins in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Israel, including Tobin Robbins (Sandra Broudy), Jacqueline, Joyce and Michael Robbins in Vancouver. Anna was a top student at Kitsilano High School. She graduated from UBC with a BA in 1945. Her first career was as a lab technician in Vancouver and San Francisco. With encouragement from the late UBC Dean of Library Science, Dr. Sam Rothstein, Anna earned her MA in Library Science from the University of Washington in the late 1950s. She joined the UBC Library Science Division in 1959 and became Head of the Division in 1961. She was appointed Head of the UBC Woodward Biomedical Library in 1967 and retired in 1988. Anna had a very active retirement. She enjoyed reading, bridge, classical music, travelling and volunteer work. Anna's family wishes to offer a special thank you to her caregivers, Cecilia Cruz, Erlinda Pinto and Antoinetta Escabarte. Also, thank you to Tenzin, Eunice and Daisy, nurses at the Louis Brier Home and Hospital and to Debbie Litvack, social worker at the Louis Brier. Funeral to be held Graveside at the Temple Sholom cemetery in South Surrey at 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 19, 2014 with a Shiva and reception to follow at 6:15 p.m. at Temple Sholom, 7190 Oak Street.