This Gift Is One For The Books

His former co-workers at the West Hartford Public Library were stunned recently by news that the late Thomas Kilfoil had left $2 million to the institution he served and loved for more than three decades.

Now, thanks to the gift from the former reference librarian who died in 2005 at age 82, the library’s foundation has invested the money and will spend a portion of the proceeds each year to enhance adult reference services and educational programs, as well as a new West Hartford history room that recently opened as part of a major renovation, library officials have announced.

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