Katharine F. Pantzer Jr.

Katharine "Kitzi" Ferriday Pantzer, Jr. Resident of Cambridge, MA, died in Columbus, IN on Oct. 4, 2005 of Ovarian Cancer. She was born in Indianapolis on Oct. 28, 1930, the daughter of Kurt Friedrich Pantzer and Katharine Ferriday Pantzer. She graduated with the highest honors from Tudor Hall School and Vassar College and received a PhD from Harvard University. She retired from Harvard in 1995, where she was a professor associated with the Houghton Library Collection of rare books. Books were her vocation and her avocation. She was a much respected and honored bibliographer and had co-authored A Short - Title Catalog of Books printed in England, Scotland and Ireland and of English Books printed abroad, 1475-1640. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1991. She was awarded the highest honor, honorary membership, in the Bibliographic Society of America. She received accolades including gold medals from scholastic associations in her field, the Besterman, the Bibliographic Society and Stationer's Company. Bookbinding and linotype printing were hobbies and she was an indefatigable reader with wide interests. She was also a translator of the first five volumes of a 20 volume series on Modern Greek Poetry in Translation. She is survived by a brother, Eric F. Pantzer of Lexington, Kentucky; nieces Elizabeth E. Pantzer, Nashville, IN, Katharine Pantzer Lange of Indianapolis, Julia Pantzer Hess of Valparaiso, IN; nephew Kurt F. Pantzer of Indianapolis; great-nieces Emily Pantzer, Allison Hess and great-nephews Philo (Brendy) Lange, Eric Lange, Cole Pantzer and Eric Hess. She was preceded in death by her brother Kurt P. Pantzer of Indianapolis. She established The Katharine F. Pantzer, Jr. Fellowship at Houghton Library and for the Bibliographic Society of America. Memorial contributions may be made in her honor to your local library or to the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance at: www.ovariancancer.org. Arrangements were handled by Myers-Reed Dignity Memorial Chapel, 25th St., Columbus, IN. Inurnment services will be at 1 p.m. October 29, 2005 in Crown Hill Cemetery.