Longtime Bartlesville librarian, Gene Winn, dead at age 86

News Examiner-Enterprise | Longtime Bartlesville librarian, Gene Winn, dead at age 86

Former Bartlesville Public Library Director Herbert Eugene “Gene” Winn died Tuesday at Jane Phillips Medical Center. He was 86.

Winn began his long career with the Bartlesville Public Library in 1953 and served as director and head librarian until he retired in January 1984 following 31 years of service.

From 1984 until 1986, he worked as a contract consultant for the City of Bartlesville, Public Library Building Program and from November of 1986 until April 1987, he was a library consultant in the cataloging of the Woolaroc Museum Book Collection.

Winn was a member of the Bartlesville-Washington County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission for 19 years. He and his wife, Sarah Winn, resided in the Ochelata area and operated Media Futures Used Book Store....