• Participants contribute 4.5 percent of their annual salary
• Taxing bodies contribute a unique rate determined annually by by outside actuaries.
• Covers employees in cities, villages, counties, townships and various special districts, such as parks, forest preserves and sanitary districts. It also covers non-teaching staff in school districts.
As of May 20, the pension earners who worked, at some point, in DeKalb County and have retired since 2000. Dollar amount listed is monthly pension amount:
Kevin Hickey: $8,892.49
Allen Newby: $7,686.09
James Connors: $7,662.78
Kim Williams: $7,662.78
John Brady: $7,330.69
Ralph Tompkins: $7,021.27
John Mitchell: $6,315
Todd Merritt: $6,265.56
Richard Monas: $6,206.20
Michael Zima: $6,056.42
Mary Maxwell: $6,054.91
Antoinette Fisher: $5,913.56
Gerald Bever: $5,751.39
Gary Lange: $5,714.66
John Conlin: $5,685.90
Larry Gary: $5,532.33
Glenn Gustafson: $5,476.32
James Ryan: $5,404.03
Rudi Ziegler: $5,313.33
Mary Kolinski: $4,816.04
Raymond Kendall: $4,800.76
Michael Zeron: $4,742.66
Sharon Sabin: $4,727.19
Carolyn Marshall: $4,642.03
David Munch: $4,580.18
Eugene Listy: $4,549.24
Kathleen Simonetta: $4,451.58
Keith Haag: $4,419.86
Mark Kennedy: $4,306.38
Sharon Holmes: $4,304.63
Jeffrey Sabin: $4,203.86
David Benson: $4,196.07
David Mogle: $4,154.35
Jacki Duval: $4,120.88
Sharon Campbell: $4,086.42
Jean Sandman: $4,017.13
Ralph Petersen: $3,990.26
Thomas Siebrasse: $3,979.63
Judith Montana: $3,957.69
Mary Zel: $3,912.45
Ona Johnson: $3,892.30
Timmy Rogers: $3,851.39
Morris Benson: $3,846.56
Janice Bidstrup: $3,817.47
Lyle Doty: $3,785.79
Kay Parks: $3,779.23
Gary Espy: $3,759.83
Wendy Sietsema: $3,710.57
Patricia Knudson: $3,691.24
Forrest Sherrill: $3,685.31
Norman Berth: $3,636.01
John Dimaggio: $3,508.05
Paul Rasmussen: $3,256.26
James Smith: $3,223.71
Julia Guio: $3,166.73
Nancy Masur: $3,152.34
Joanne Laben: $3,129.89
Kay Schulte: $3,095.34
Katherine Schwar: $3,082.26
Dennis Pecina: $3,063.67
Janice Lundgren: $3,057.84
Frank Beierlotzer: $3,036.93
Charles McCormick: $2,975.74
Donald Crawford: $2,933.73
Peggy Foose: $2,925.10
Harold Overton: $2,914.9
Patrick Dougherty: $2,891.07
David Emanuelson; $2,864.56
Michele Green: $2,858.07
Richard Hampa: $2,816.61
Bonnie Meier: $2,790.74
Lance Farris: $2,774.35
Charles Maki: $2,760.68
Leslie Shaw: $2,737.75
Paul Nelson: $2,734.95
Deborah Sheehan: $2,704.39
Mary Ramp: $2,687.52
Chermine Rifai: $2,591.31
Patrick Hertzner: $2,566.04
Marjorie Clawson: $2,562.25
John Hudson: $2,500.88
Carole Lichty: $2,485.27
Gary Barshinger: $2,453.39
Donna Johnson: $2,451.44
James Bassett: $2,445.46
Robert Thompson: $2,433.26
Arlene Henson: $2,407.93
Michael Dorneden: $2,403.82
Darrell Lohmeier: $,2403.39
Anita Hiehues: $2,384.1
Duane Olivier: $2,382.87
Beverly Pigott: $2,274.07
Susan Krusack: $2,257.99
Cheryl Boyce: $2,252.24
Kenneth Suppeland: $2,239.01
Marguerette Pevonka: $2,202.74
Karen Hills: $2196.76
Danny Lee: $2,167.44
Gordon Hadley: $2,164.3
Russell Robinson: $2,153.15
Connie Clarner: $2,147.61
Dora Casurella: $2,140.75
Mary Manning: $2,122.06
Janet Nelson: $2,108.97
Patricia Luster: $2,107.75
Elizabeth Finney: $2,070.55
Larry Thomas: $2,058.92
Helene Gillespie: $1,990.84
Pamela Listy: $ 1,987.77
Donald Smith: $1,968.82
Norma Francis: $1,965.84
Ima Hunt: $1,951.03
Doray Sietsema: $1,926.65
Carol Poklacki: $1,902.09
M.S. Lowney: $1,888.43
Allen Burdick: $1,883.44
Merle Carter: $1,881.34
Marilyn Nelson: $1,854.94
Susan Dockus: $1,848.59
Bettie Weeks: $1,836.34
Martin Jahnel: $1,831.01
Edward Emberson: $1,830.77
William Riddle: $1,800.29
Keith Hinz: $1,789.36
Donna Peterson: $1,786.61
Jay Young: $1,782.7
Jerry Ledbetter: $1,726.79
Ken Brown: $1,725.12
Penny Becker: $1,711.15
Sheila Larson: $1,689.59
Phyllis Dyer: $1,687.97
Ernest Pinne: $1,687.59
Jerry Lane: $1,684.99
Sharon Scott: $1,668.99
Barbara Mahood: $1,668.48
Susan Withey: $1,650.14
Roy Tweed: $1,634.69
David Pauling: $1,610.38
Douglas Faivre: $1,589.96
Gail Brantner: $1,586.94
Claudia Hicks: $1,583.7
Vicki Choate: $1,581.56
Betty Shott: $1,574.23
Russell Hjelmberg: $1,562.62
Roger Swedberg: $1,555.07
Bonnie Diedrich: $1,533.5
Stephen Suddeth: $1,531.4
Ricky Finck: $1,527.78
Dan Francis: $1,520.3
Sharon Herrmann: $1,513.94
Donna Maercker: $1,512.04
Edna Flynn: $1,492.53
Sandra Davis: $1,458.41
Fred Ruthe: $1,432.24
Catherine Hoglund: $1,426.81
Earla Parsons: $1,415.21
Susan Fitzmaurice: $1,374.08
Charles Fruit: $1,373.82
John Bruch: $1,362.66
Sharon Eberly: $1,359.69
Deanna Jensen: $1,355.37
James Walsh: $1,354.41
Stephen Puscas: $1,344.54
Steven Healy: $1,337.97
Barbara Meyer: $1,332.48
Terry Lange: $1,331.93
Ellen Pauling: $1,321.99
Mary Simons: $1,316.75
Eldonna Willrett: $1,308.45
Joanne Abbott: $1,306.78
Beverly Thompson: $1,304.42
Donna Blanco: $1,302.22
Roberta Troeger: $1,284.54
Elizabeth Brummel: $1,267.95
Juliana Calendo: $1,258.8
Kenneth Cummings: $1,229.12
Jacquelynn Drake: $1,223.33
Bonnie Jones: $1,220.67
David Day: $1,217.62
Delores Groves: $1,214.95
Nancy Schroeder: $1,207.15
Adrienne Clarke: $1,202.45
Bette Wine: $1,201.43
Beverly Paul: $ 1,199.2
Emilia Listopad: $1,198.49
Clarence Freeland: $1,176.13
Annabelle Kline: $1,137.22
Charlene Ringo: $1,130.98
Barbara Carrier: $1,130.71
Beverly Delp: $1,122.82
Gerald Denen: $1,107.22
Betty Johnson: $1,098.93
Wallace Johnson: $1,096.58
Elizabeth Hargraves: $1,094.42
Carol Cleveland: $1,091.79
Danny O'Brien: $1,091.52
Christine Hacker: $1,091.47
Shirley Wilhelmsen: $1,081.14
Barbara Hulseberg: $1,080.19
Robert Keneway: $1,071.04
Ann Gilmore: $1,065.49
M.E. Fulton: $1,035.38
Roy Wright: $1,035.06
Martin Koch: $1,028.74
Susan Lloyd: $1,019.41
Kristin Flanders: $1,013.82
Paul Dolder: $1,012.41
Robert Pearson: $1,012.19
Patricia Fisher: $1,008.38
Vernon Wennmaker: $1,003.05
Douglas Engel: $972.62
Roger Astling: $964.3
Deborah Dolman: $963.4
Joanne West: $962.64
Richard Roths: $961.96
Margaret Moudy: $952.07
Virginia Dumdie: $945.54
Bonnie Greenisen: $940.78
Linda Jones: $937.98
Jane Wesson: $934.97
Donald Robertson: $929.49
Russell Stokes: $927.54
Barbara Slattery: $926.8
Patricia Smith: $920.47
Alma Matt: $913
Jean Bjorn: $910.71
Patricia Anderson: $910.47
Howard Lyle: $907.6
Sandra Wroblewski: $905.24
Flossie Willcutt: $903.44
James Jensen: $900.78
Janice Abens: $892.64
James Gray: $891.99
Marie Sorensen: $882.45
Helen Davis: $881.31
Dolores Johnson: $872.13
John Whitney: $868.17
Carole Giacomazzo: $865.9
Ellen Holder: $864.85
Dianne Weishaar: $847.68
Ingrid Bottom: $845.91
Julie Weber: $844.3
Jean Gastiger: $841.88
Thomas Lindquist: $832.29
Patricia Edwards: $823.63
Jerry Rogers: $821.58
Carol Johnson: $807.25
Fayetta Catron: $807.15
Lessie Satterwhite: $798.53
Elizabeth Brock-Jones: $781.5
Roberta Kraus: $776.91
Louis Houdek: $776.59
Linda Glander: $775.57
Lynn Dander: $771.94
Diane Bloch: $770.27
Keith Setchell: $768.94
Dolores Mayo: $758.12
Emily Baer: $755.76
Mary Phillips: $752.95
Penelope Payton: $751.36
Vera Wedel: $743.94
Gerhard Ziegler: $736.45
George Smith: $734.29
Betty Hartman: $716.56
Georgia Berens: $712.88
Charlotte Richards: $707.75
Pamela Blickem: $706.07
Stephen Ware: $702.18
Marcia Born: $695.91
James Friese: $695.71
Lynne Morel: $694.35
Lee Legner: $693.81
Bonnie Smith: $685.54
Susan Farmer: $679.36
Sally Kannaka: $678.92
Dolores Perry: $677.81
Phyllis Riippi: $677.25
Patricia Ziegler: $674.48
Sherry Chavez: $673.58
Carla Byars: $672.86
Merrie Schyvincht: $672.19
Clement Keith: $670.72
Mary Brown: $670.09
Joyce Graikowski: $669.68
Phyllis Roush: $666.18
Lavon White: $664.25
Judith Campbell: $661.34
Jean Wegener: $659.61
Lois Mesmer: $658.88
Berna Popenhagen: $657.68
Judith Perry: $656.94
Elizabeth Carney: $654.5
Laura Brier: $637.31
Dorothy Bratko: $625.09
Anne Stiely: $621.66
Barbara Voss: $621.52
Michael Huss: $614.13
Joan Richoz: $613.37
Donald Bark: $602.2
Kathy Hartness: $595.47
William Buitenwerf: $595.22
Lynne Stein: $592.13
Gregory Sparrow: $591.75
Jack Slingerland: $589.74
Edwin Zarka: $579.18
Annette Shields: $570.01
Judith Krajewski: $566.68
Jimmy Woolbright: $566.32
Audrey Flo: $566.17
Betty Ostergard: $565.69
Carla O'neil: $563.09
Thomas Klein: $562.93
Joan Vandre: $562.07
Ladonna Oxford: $559.56
Judith Winter: $557
Virginia Vanhooser: $554.62
Jeanne Paulson: $553.76
Jacklyn King: $550.27
Phyllis Johnson: $542.82
Ronald Larson: $538.28
Sandra Schleiss: $538.06
Kelley Ringo: $525.83
Carol Claricoates: $524.03
John Wicks: $520.45
Patricia Stoll: $516.73
Herman Brock: $514.66
Roberta Gillott: $505.75
Margery Deurmier: $502.34
John Johnson: $498.76
Michael Fulco: $496.44
Rita Rafinski: $492.98
Glenda Pecka: $492.73
Margit Scott: $491.54
Virginia Colgan: $487.22
Kathryn Wickwire: $487.15
Charles Lanning: $486.67
Russell Carter: $485.02
Larry Myelle: $480.65
Janice Booty: $479.36
Anna Robertson: $478.57
Jennifer Sebastian: $477.46
Marjorie Dreska : $471.20
Annie Hutcheson: $470.93
Betty Larson: $470.09
Connie McCauley: $466.77
Susannah Blake: $463.61
Rebecca Euhus: $460.49
Eileen Horton: $460.40
Thelma Klein: $459.27
John Davis: $457.38
Nancy Brauer: $456.09
Lucia Kise: $450.25
George Ziders: $450.13
Caren Roush: $449.22
Barbara Falk: $448.95
Ada Alsup: $441.27
Barbara Fuchs: $434.17
Gloria Cook: $431.9
Judy Payton: $431.52
Carol Himstedt: $431.38
Rick Harris: $424.44
Marijke Wilson: $420.05
Christieanne Turok: $419.65
Tommy McGee: $419.08
Jack Spartz Sr.: $415.02
Helen Jepson: $412.53
Janice Hennigar: $404.06
Verna Sheppard: $403.23
Patricia Elliott: $403.12
Kathleen Fritsch: $403.05
Barbara Griffiths: $402.81
Donald Johnson: $400.29
Kathleen Hendricks: $396.74
Pamela Brown: $395.96
Stuart Hammett: $395.54
Theodore Raab: $394.56
Alice Weilbaker: $393.51
Carol Quinn: $390.78
Elizabeth Kliesch: $388.94
Kathy Leigh: $388.46
Mary Matijevich: $384.71
Gordon James: $383.3
Margaret Hardekopf: $382.23
Suzanne Chavez: $380.87
Stanley Lewis: $376.47
Lyle Harms: $369.3
George Fredholm: $366.87
Ronald Flower: $365.44
Linda Engstrom: $365.13
Karen Wickersham: $362.38
Elsie Atkinson: $361.9
William Scheck: $359.56
Patricia Madsen: $357.21
Pamela Muller: $355.9
Barbara Anderson: $355.52
Joyce Taylor: $353.83
Cheryl Keene: $351.23
Rose Contreras: $349.4
Mary Petruchius: $348.5
Susan Brandes: $347.02
Minerva Cano: $344.08
Lyn King: $344.04
Barbara Rudock: $341.75
Elaine Coolman: $338.6
Karla Duy: $336.25
Ruth Barry: $335.76
Joseph Emmel: $333.02
Patricia Brescia: $332.33
Sandra Glanzman: $317.81
Barbara Stephens: $315.95
Georgia Price: $315
Martha Brooks: $309.84
Gloria Kush: $308.59
Fredrick Beckman: $307.86
Mary Ellen Morsch: $303.51
Karen Pritchard: $301.98
Susan Mullins: $301.18
Laurie Malandra: $299.48
Linda Klein: $298.26
Carol Bressler: $297.07
Susan Willrett: $296.18
Melody Gladden: $293.42
Dolores Thompson: $292.61
Karen Knudson: $292.53
Rumalda Krueger: $292.09
Judith Walitzer: $288.54
Amanda Matson: $287.42
Kimberly Hart: $286.85
Jacqueline Rickman: $286.36
Rebecca Weaver: $285.26
Betsy Fabris: $283.75
Mary Esseks: $282.47
Barbara Donoho: $281.62
Charlene Miller: $281.32
Karol Dewey: $281.03
Gerald Benson: $279.14
Karen Blackwell: $278.82
Aud Koss: $275.02
Judyth Alfieri: $274.9
Jeanette Heinisch: $273.51
Kathleen Tamblyn: $269.81
Charlotte Winson: $265.93
Carmen Diaz: $260.97
E.E. Jenkins: $260.6
Roberta Lundberg: $258.6
Christine Perkowski: $257.57
Donna Peterson: $255.88
Lucy Robinson: $253.78
Jayne Frieders: $252.49
Paul Nolan: $252.33
Carol Costello: $252.18
Ronald Crayton: $250.55
Jeanne Jackson: $249.89
William Hart: $249.65
Trudy Thomas: $247.52
Janet Koca: $246.19
Gregory Hartness: $246.14
Cristina Borneman: $237.66
Luke Morton: $234.06
Brenda Johnson: $233.47
Constance Alexander: $231.94
Mary Keleher: $228.56
Christine Jakobsen: $227.01
Richard Mott: $225.71
Sharon Fant: $225.64
Donna Xidis: $224.7
Judith Butler: $220.08
Cynthia Webster: $219.48
Pamela Weller: $219.12
Linda Baugher: $218.18
Nancy Michalek: $216.74
Glenda Griswold: $216.68
Margaret Schell: $216.15
Deborah Overbeck: $215.33
Jerome Pelan: $214.78
Nancy Sheridan: $213.80
Marcia Smith: $210.91
Dorothy Laing: $201.66
Elouise Westlake: $199.74
Mary Raih: $199.48
Barbara Granite: $198.79
Mary Flemal: $197.74
Sally Latham: $195.09
Carole Boies: $193.15
Mary Moes: $192.11
Linda McMillan: $190.92
Selinda Chasteen: $190.72
Kathryn Jossendal: $190.45
Anne Lara: $185.49
Sandra Wilson: $182.57
Pamela Rice: $181.25
Mary Lieser: $179.18
Coralie Williams: $178.66
George Waterloo: $178.41
Nancy Wirsing: $178.40
Cherie Recchia: $176.52
Mary Renner: $175.87
Pamela Ogren: $173.92
Paul Erdman: $169.55
Myrna Dodge: $163.98
Margaret Houser: $163.39
Carol Scott: $163.28
Dianne Donaldson: $158.06
Barbara Koach: $154.75
Judith Brady: $152.73
Patricia Morton: $147.58
Bernadine Meier: $142.75
Penne Linnenburger: $141
Allyn Davenport: $140.91
Diane Musilek: $140.04
Barbara Pifko: $139.34
Jean Ohme: $139.22
Jean Crook: $138.07
Jane Lamont: $133.54
Stephen Chermansky: $133.37
Craig Ferris: $131.39
Angela Paulus: $129.78
Christie Leifheit: $126.93
Kathleen Clay: $125.95
Mary Gilkerson: $124.20
Patricia Clary: $123.90
Barbara Tripp: $123.37
Cheryl Maness: $122.08
Vivian Mcmurray: $119.49
Linda Wahlstrom: $119.16
Patricia Anderson: $116.74
Robert Nordman: $116.62
Barbara Pike: $108.02
Mary Lambert: $106.40
Juanita Mundy: $103.55
Louise Classon: $96.25
Carolyn Weiss: $93.59
Jane Randolph: $92.98
Terrence Ballowe: $90.50
Stephen Haines: $89.74
Nancy Todnem: $85.55
Sharon Luker : $85.27
Eloise Pearson: $85.20
Carolyn Massey: $84.97
Karen Blaser: $79.22
Pam Cummins: $77.05
Sharon Williams: $74.48
Patricia Schiesser: $71.74
Gary Zell: $71.69
Susan Petrauskis: $59.93
Nancy Dashner: $55.67
Sharon Leatrea: $29.48
Jon Johnson: $19.17
Susan Adams: $11.65
Beverly Thurnau: $11.53
Allan Nilsson: $11.08
Holly Gresholdt: $10.83
Sharon Clapsaddle: $6.28
Kay Langehaug: $5.98
Christine Dolejs: $4.54
Source: IMRF