SHIRLEY, MA — On Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 1:00 p.m., Deanna M. White will join a proud tradition of Postmasters that have served this country that dates back to our first Postmaster General, Benjamin Franklin. White will take her official oath of office at the Hazen Memorial Library, located at 3 Keady Way in Shirley, Massachusetts.
White began her U.S. Postal Service career as a LSM Clerk at the Incoming Mail Center in Chelsea, MA in 1989 and subsequently served as a letter carrier out of the Medford, MA Post Office. She then covered supervisor assignments on a substitute basis until her selection as a Supervisor of Customer Service in the Cambridge, MA Post Office. More recently, she served as Officer-in-Charge at the Concord, MA Post Office and then was detailed to the Greater Boston District EXFC Team, the position she held prior to being selected as Postmaster of Shirley, MA.
White is married to Arlington Post Office supervisor Raymond White and they are parents of four children.
White’s children, Jonathan and Casey Dean, will lead the attendees at the installation ceremony in reciting the “Pledge of Allegiance’. Her husband, Ray, will hold the bible at the Installation as she is sworn into office.
Portland, ME Postmaster David C. Guiney will serve as Master of Ceremonies and Post Office Operations Manager Dean M. Baker will administer the oath of office.
“My primary goal is to be active in the Shirley community. I hope to continue the proud tradition of Postmasters before me in providing excellent customer service to the residents of Shirley.”
As Shirley Postmaster, White oversees ten employees who process and deliver daily mail volume to the residents of the community that was incorporated as a town in 1753. The town was named in honor of William Shirley, a governor of Massachusetts from 1741-1757.
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