After delivering mail on the same Flossmoor route for 32 years, Dave Schmaedeke is beginning his retirement on Jan. 1. Dave Schmaedeke is retiring from the postal service after working the same route for 32 years. (Photo by Sharon L. Filkins) “It has been a good ride, but it is time to do something else,” said Schmaedeke, 62. He said he and his wife, Evon, have been married 35 years, raised three sons and are looking forward to traveling. “We have a trip planned to Arizona . . .
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