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| Lucia Heinold | |
Lucia Heinold, longtime buyer and merchandise manager at Waldenbooks and Borders, died February 10. She was 82.
Heinold began her career teaching middle and high school social studies in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., from 1963 until the late 1970s, and later earned an MBA from New York University, which led to her first buyer position at Walden.
Her final bookselling role was as the book buyer at Borders headquarters in Ann Arbor, Mich., where she curated collections, including cookbooks, home & garden, crafts, and collectible titles. She was admired by colleagues and sales representatives alike, and retired from Borders in 2006. She remained passionate about free expression in the publishing industry, advocating for organizations like the ACLU and ABFFE.
Her family noted that Heinold was "an avid reader of fiction and nonfiction, a diligent and talented gardener, and a skilled cook. She enjoyed mysteries and thrillers in books, movies, and television... She was a lifelong advocate for equal rights and social justice."
Survivors include her niece, Jennifer Brunn, director of publicity at DK.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, July 6, at 1 p.m. at First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, 4001 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48103. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in her memory to the Southern Poverty Law Center.