The union held a balloon release Saturday for Williams, who was a postal worker for eight months at the Fort Dearborn-Chestnut post office at 540 Dearborn St., in Chicago, Foster said.
Lisa Tillis, center, a post office worker, looks up at a balloon release March 23, 2024, in memory of Branch 11 of the National Association of Letter Carriers union member Mechellea Williams at the Fort Dearborn-Chestnut Station post office in Chicago. A postal union president is remembering the 28-year-old woman fatally shot in Orland Park last week as a hard worker.
“She was a hard worker. She loved her job and her coworkers. She was an excellent carrier,” Foster said.
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