Kathleen Curry

Kathleen Curry, 60, director of library and media services forthe Pleasantdale School District in Lyons Township, died Monday ather Oak Brook home.

She worked in the Pleasantdale schools for 20 years, and was sowell-regarded that school in the entire district will be cancelledFriday.

"She was an exceptional woman," said Arnold Witt, superintendentof the Pleasantdale schools.

"We wanted to allow all staffers to attend the funeral and thatwas the only way we could do it," he said. "She touched the lives ofhundreds of children."

Mrs. Curry, the daughter of a Chicago police captain, earned abachelor's degree from Rosary College in 1950 and a …