Pauline R. Utzinger, 87, was released from chronic pain Sept. 30, 2012.

Pauline was born April 9, 1925, in Rochester, to Lyle and Mabel (Schanke) Utzinger. She received a BA in Psychology from Carleton College in 1947, and then continued graduate work at Bryn Mawr College. Following a year as Dean of Freshmen Women at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, she returned to Carleton as Assistant to the Dean of Women for two years.

A year of serving as high school Librarian in Pine Island led to her taking the library minor at Winona State University, where she later received her MS degree in Counseling in 1966. She served as Counselor at Winona High School for 10 years. In 1969, she returned to Rochester and was the Public Relations Librarian at the Rochester Public Library for nearly 16 years.

She was a lifetime member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), having joined in Northfield, and later served the Rochester AAUW in many capacities.