After working for the then-fledgling Genesee Community College District for more than 46 years, Maxine Koberg (nee Palmer) retired in 2016, leaving campus as an employee for the last time on Jan. 29th two years ago.
On Sunday, April 29th, the 72-year-old Batavia native and longtime Elba resident died at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
In an article written about her in The Batavian upon her retirement, she said she worked steadily after graduating from high school, later passing a Civil Service exam then landing a clerk's job at the GCC. She planned from the get-go to stick with it; she said felt competant in her duties and liked her work.
By all accounts, Koberg was a true team player and got along well her coworkers.
The kind of dedication she embodied certainly seems increasingly hard to come by; long-term "institutional knowledge" spanning decades in any field, more rare.
For her full obituary, click here.
For the article about her retirement published Jan. 30, 2016, click here.
What a blessing it must be to
What a blessing it must be to have a clerk help you who actually knows what goes where, who does what, how to get the task completed in an orderly, timely, professional way. There will never be enough of these kinds of employees.
What about Delores Chico?
What about Delores Chico?
What about her?
What about her?
I think because of Ms.
I think because of Ms. Chiocco's accomplishments - being one of the first females to work with the US Olympic Field Hockey team and also being the first female teacher and coach at GCC. At least that's why I think Jason asked the question.
Just because an article is
Just because an article is written about the long-term tenure of an employee and the job good she did, it does not negate the accomplishments of others at that work site. It just so happened that someone at GCC wrote us about Maxine Koberg's pending retirement after so many years; then again after her death. People sometimes assume you know everything there is to know about everything all the time in the news business. Actually, you are as good as your sources; news tips are helpful.