JOLIET – Joliet Public Schools District 86 recently honored the following retirees.

These employees have worked in District 86 for a combined total of 862 years: Linda Anderson, T.E. Culbertson Elementary; Deborah Carter, JFK Center; David Chouinard, JFK Center; Debra Cobb, JFK Center; Judith Damyen, Sator Sanchez Elementary; James Dulka, JFK Center; Mary Ferdinand, Taft Elementary; Kathryn Gannaway, Forest Park Individual Education School; Sandy Gavin, JFK Center; Lydia Granda, Farragut Elementary; Sue Green, Farragut Elementary; Janice Kasper, JFK Center; Rose Kerr, Taft Elementary; Frances Krance, Hufford Junior High; Arline Kreis, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Debra Kusnik, Dirksen Junior High; Rose Lanier, Isaac Singleton Elementary; Elizabeth Lindholm, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Lynn Minarich, Hufford Junior High; Karen Morris, Gompers Junior High; Patricia Nelson, Taft Elementary; Christine Noonan, JFK Center; Thomas Onofrey, Eisenhower Academy; Patricia Padden, Pershing Elementary; Kimberly Pfoutz, Dirksen Junior High; Rose Prieboy, JFK Center; Earline Shelby, T.E. Culbertson Elementary; Geraldine Sossong, Hufford Junior High; Deborah Stickler, JFK Center; Reanna Tyree, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Wilhelmina Teller, Farragut Elementary; Linda Walczak, JFK Center; and Anna White, Hufford Junior High.

Congratulations to the following Joliet Grade School employees who celebrated working 25 years in district: Peggy Jeffries, Woodland Elementary; Rose Kerr, Taft Elementary; Maria Martinez, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Thomas McGregor, A.O. Marshall Elementary; Kathleen Partilla, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Dawn Schwahn, Hufford Junior High; Vivian Sheils, Gompers Junior High; Karen Smith, Dirksen Junior High; Patricia Smith, JFK Center; Janet Travaglio, Dirksen Junior High; William White, Jr., JFK Center; Susan Wychocki, Marycrest Early Childhood Center; and Jean Yates, Farragut Elementary.