Mary Beth Nebel, who owned and operated I Know You Like a Book, remembered as an "advocate for free speech" and "patron of the arts." ...

In Peoria Heights, I Know You Like A Book bookstore shut down at the end of August after 18 years in business. The closure comes roughly two months after the death of owner Mary Beth Nebel on July 6.

Mary Beth Santor Obermeyer's book, "When Winter Came," is based on her grandfather's account of the 1918 pandemic.