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Here are the 50 former employees of the City of Granite City receiving the highest annual pension payouts

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Here are the 50 former employees of the City of Granite City receiving the highest annual pension payouts, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records:

Name
Total saved over career
Projected Total Collections
Year Retired
Years Retired
Total Collected (Retirement through 2016)
2016 Pension
Original Benefit
Jensen, Keith A.
$45,640
$4,805,459
2014
2
$225,868
$77,017
$74,055
Kelahan, Terrence J.
$81,336
$3,978,158
2011
5
$449,395
$68,516
$59,579
Nighohossian, Casper S.
$52,942
$3,042,950
2003
13
$805,349
$66,941
$48,420
Parente, Ronnie M.
$82,650
$3,893,711
2015
1
$142,457
$60,236
$82,220
Kampen, Jeanette L.
$70,575
$3,718,991
2014
2
$173,802
$59,621
$56,247
Boyer, Philip D.
$64,849
$3,200,328
2009
7
$433,935
$59,396
$49,088
Hatscher, Mark
$71,898
$3,462,866
2016
< 1
$53,875
$53,875
$53,875
Holshouser, Deanne W.
$52,985
$3,108,717
2013
3
$197,211
$51,322
$47,521
Valencia, Rufus F.
$51,441
$2,541,730
2007
9
$446,526
$49,968
$39,815
Brewer, Janice K.
$48,555
$2,403,536
2011
5
$236,042
$42,085
$36,596
Warfield, Danny R.
$48,481
$2,083,525
2010
6
$259,792
$37,217
$31,742
Miller, Gary L.
$42,805
$1,710,904
2004
12
$412,669
$36,612
$27,221
Cann, Lloyd G.
$34,923
$1,507,279
1999
17
$567,874
$36,312
$24,127
Parmley, Lance D.
$64,086
$2,246,949
2013
3
$203,074
$36,028
$54,148
Morlen, Ronald R.
$59,003
$2,178,934
2013
3
$188,102
$35,093
$49,598
Besserman, Paul A.
$36,228
$1,613,333
2004
12
$389,102
$34,525
$25,717
Mitchell, Alfred R.
$41,755
$1,658,353
2004
12
$446,674
$34,171
$25,644
Pickett, James D.
$29,381
$1,258,050
1996
20
$573,042
$32,994
$20,816
Noland, Janice L.
$42,959
$2,103,763
2015
1
$64,537
$32,745
$31,792
Calaway, John C.
$48,433
$1,737,639
2010
6
$202,728
$31,323
$26,887
Asbeck, Donna F.
$34,608
$1,800,832
2012
4
$145,185
$30,616
$27,707
Gray, Robert L.
$49,854
$1,767,784
2010
6
$306,524
$29,820
$25,597
Jenkins, Thomas E.
$57,215
$1,788,864
2011
5
$268,812
$29,514
$45,930
Lewis, Charles H.
$47,725
$1,534,155
2006
10
$365,421
$29,432
$23,083
Livingston, Eugene C.
$44,770
$1,475,026
2007
9
$259,113
$28,998
$23,338
Candler, Thomas
$44,461
$1,354,154
2005
11
$296,022
$28,177
$21,428
Kielty, Kevin E.
$29,910
$1,576,290
2009
7
$311,022
$27,166
$22,591
Clark, Gary L.
$45,779
$1,464,502
2006
10
$392,461
$26,997
$21,091
Hozian, Carl E.
$57,606
$1,715,979
2014
2
$115,854
$26,910
$44,250
Hayes, Maureen G.
$41,064
$1,636,589
2011
5
$251,422
$26,895
$42,363
Akeman, Mary J.
$29,713
$1,357,808
2007
9
$238,546
$26,693
$21,143
Hawkins, Barbara A.
$40,875
$1,688,471
2015
1
$51,797
$26,281
$25,516
Koch, Connie F.
$32,605
$1,296,683
2006
10
$255,099
$26,230
$20,573
Mefford, John K.
$33,637
$1,566,735
2013
3
$99,296
$25,867
$23,841
White, Herbert J.
$39,127
$1,327,822
2008
8
$206,255
$25,364
$20,876
Dothage, Judith G.
$33,780
$1,579,443
2015
1
$48,451
$24,584
$23,868
Modrusic, John J.
$30,625
$1,016,056
2000
16
$345,233
$24,238
$16,378
Mink, John B.
$0
$593,071
1986
30
$438,942
$23,134
$12,273
Whitmer, Gerald E.
$37,384
$1,204,998
2009
7
$163,385
$22,364
$18,482
Hennessey, Robert P.
$5,244
$1,003,799
2002
14
$313,188
$21,957
$15,462
Miller, Phillip K.
$27,303
$983,660
2003
13
$260,311
$21,640
$15,682
Portell, Lionel A.
$0
$680,251
1991
25
$397,981
$21,397
$12,404
Bell, Martha A.
$35,366
$1,319,745
2014
2
$61,765
$21,156
$20,054
Lakin, Donna C.
$28,215
$1,071,836
2007
9
$188,310
$21,071
$16,591
Barnhart, Lynn R.
$44,863
$1,347,581
2015
1
$41,779
$20,968
$20,812
Ryan, Charles T.
$57,093
$1,308,651
2012
4
$187,726
$20,728
$40,168
Grooms, Frances R.
$26,025
$870,582
2001
15
$273,142
$20,227
$14,070
McGee, Bernard
$24,465
$781,390
1997
19
$329,806
$20,147
$12,833
Pierson, Gordon L.
$25,721
$833,618
2001
15
$261,727
$19,362
$13,354
Skubish, Thomas J.
$28,485
$925,211
2006
10
$182,085
$18,714
$14,422

Projected total collections assume 36 years of retirement.

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