Window clerk Alyce Coleman, 69, of Gurnee waits on customer Vanessa Anzelmo of Grayslake at the Gurnee Post Office. Coleman is retiring after 40 years as a postal employee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Window clerk Alyce Coleman, 69, of Gurnee weighs a package while waiting on customer Vanessa Anzelmo of Grayslake at the Gurnee Post Office. Coleman is retiring after 40 years as a postal employee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Window clerk Alyce Coleman, 69, of Gurnee waits for a customer on her last day of work at the Gurnee Post Office. Coleman is retiring after 40 years as a postal employee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
A sign announcing the retirement of Gurnee Post Office window clerk Alyce Coleman of Gurnee after 40 years as a postal employee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Window clerk Alyce Coleman, 69, of Gurnee waits on a customer at the Gurnee Post Office. Coleman is retiring after 40 years as a postal employee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
A sign announcing the retirement of Gurnee Post Office window clerk Alyce Coleman of Gurnee after 40 years as a postal employee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
GURNEE — With the U.S. Postal Service a predicted few weeks from financial ruin, Alyce Coleman might be congratulated for getting out in the nick of time. But the longtime window clerk at the Gurnee Post Office, who retired Thursday after 40 years of service, …