Grasso, Butler honored by U.S. Postal Service
Page 4 • Wednesday, March 26, 2014 • The Hammonton Gazette
co-workers.
families in the United States Postal Service are as common as families in the fire
and police departments in towns and cities
across the United States, Butler said.
“it’s just a good feeling to be able to do
something for other people. Many times,
we’re the only human contact some people
have in a day,” Butler said.
Sometimes, that contact can save a life.
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Kenny Grasso and Scott Butler were honored for their years of service at a retirement party on
March 18. The cake (pictured above) was made by Sweet Creations.
RETIRING, from Page 1
Both men shared the duties of cutting a
custom cake from Sweet Creations of 115
Bellevue ave. in Hammonton. the
cake was in the shape and color of
a stamped and addressed letter.
fellow postal workers applauded
loudly for each man as they received their service awards from
richards.
“Here’s what i take out of here:
so many people in this town have
been nice to me. i remember the
‘one-on-ones,’ the personal moments that made my job nice and
easy. When i leave here, those
memories don’t disappear. it’s nice
to know everybody in this town,”
Grasso said.
Grasso recalled several of the
postmasters he worked with after
he was hired in late 1971 and came
to work in 1972, including
Hank
Longo,
Domenic
Lewandowski, Jim Hacker, Harry
Morgan, Joe DiLeo and current
OiC Jennifer richards, who is the
daughter of Morgan, Grasso said.
“i’ve known Kenny since i was
four,” richards said.
Prior to the ceremony, Grasso
stood with his wife Sandy, whom
he met on the job in the mid-1980s.
“it is hard for me to come to
work without him,” Sandy Grasso
said.
in the moments before the ceremony, as Grasso spoke of his memories of working at the post office
with friends and loved ones, his
eyes filled as he remembered his
longtime friend frank “Sonny”
Silipino, a fellow letter carrier who
passed away at the age of 54 in
2006.
“We worked together for 33 or
34 years. We were all part of a
family of mail people,” Grasso
said.
Scott Butler joined the United
States Postal Service in 1984, four
years after his father retired from
delivering mail in egg Harbor City,
he said.
“i have had the same route he retired off. Between the two of us,
we covered that town for half a
century,” Butler said.
Butler can list the streets he and
his father delivered to during that
lengthy era with ease.
“My route is Philadelphia avenue, Liverpool avenue, London
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city names,” he said after receiving his
service award and being recognized by his
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about seven years ago, Butler said, he
had an egg Harbor City postal customer
who did not have any relatives or family.
Butler saw the mail was piling up, so he
called 911. the man was inside the house
on the floor, badly dehydrated, Butler said.
“there is a sense of dedication and duty
to the United States of america. this is the
last vestige of our Constitution that hasn’t
been ruined,” Butler said.
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