Jamie Watson, 1948-2017: Civic
volunteer, planning commissioner loved Torrance history
A
city resident for 54 years, Watson is believed to have died of natural causes
at her house on Arlington Avenue in Old Torrance, authorities said.
Watson,
the stepdaughter of the city’s first full-time municipal attorney, Stanley
Remelmeyer, had served on a trio of volunteer commissions in the last two
decades, including the Library and Environmental Quality commissions.
She
was a former librarian with the Santa Monica Public Library system for 24 years
before retiring in 2008.
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Celia
Carroll, who worked with Watson at the Ocean Park Branch, remembered Watson as
possessing a “well-furnished mind.”
“She
excelled at library programming, beginning with her oversight of ‘Tuesdays with
Books,’ one of the most successful book discussions in LA County,” Carroll said
in an email. “As literacy coordinator, she was dedicated to
drawing participants, both as tutors and students. At Ocean Park Branch, she
created the most interesting programs out of local history, global personalities,
and scholars. People flocked to her presentations.” READ MORE @
