Ray Nawrocki to close out 36 years with U.S. Postal Service

By the time that you read this, Ray Nawrocki will soon be retired from the United States Postal Service—if he isn’t already.

After a span totaling “36 years, eight months and six days,” Nawrocki is making his

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Ray Nawrocki in front of the Boyd Post Of-

fice on Monday.

FROM PAGE 1 last shift Friday July 30 from the Boyd office. So what’s involved with being a lcoal mail carrier, at least potentially?

“I have route 21,” Nawrocki shared of the 100 miles he currently drives five times a week. “I done that for ten years.” Although able to report that he has not been bitten by a dog (“I

have not”) despite some close encounters, thirty-six years is still a long time, and with the decades comes change. So what’s different with the mail service from when Nawrocki started?

“Scanning of packages,” he offers as one example. “Employee ID and increase in package delivery,” he says as another As of July 30 though, that job is done for him. So how does Nawrocki plan to spend his retirement?

“I have to finish putting windows and siding on my house that I’ve been working on for three years,” he shared. “I also have a 1966 Pontiac LeMons that needs to be restored. I’ve had dozens,” Nawrocki said of different 1960s-era motorized transport, including Pontiac Bonneville and others, “two door, four-door,” and convertibles alike.

“If I didn’t have it, they didn’t make it,” he says. Here’s to a happy and productive retirement!