Longtime children’s services coordinator will retire from Murrysville library

Carol Siefken, children’s services coordinator at the Murrysville Community Library, has been an enthusiastic advocate for getting children excited about reading. She worked in the Chicago area before joining the Murrysville library in 1987.

Mason Bubenheim (right), 4, registers with Kristie Drew (left) for the Read-to-Me Club in the "On Your Mark, Get Set… READ!" program as Carol Siefken looks on at the Murrysville Library on Monday, June 6, 2016.

Carol Siefken, reads a story to the children about a dragon for the progam Dragons, Dreams & Deeds at the Murrysville Community Library on Wendsday, July 27, 2005.

Children listen as Carol Siefken reads a story during "Jingles’n’Gingerbread" Night at Murrysville Community Library on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Murrysville.