Postal veteran Renée Page to oversee Lucerne Valley Post Office
Renée Page has been named Lucerne Valley Post Office postmaster.
Page manages six employees and oversees retail services at the post office. Additionally, daily mail distribution on three delivery routes serving Lucerne Valley, and to 3,000 PO Boxes, according to the U.S. Postal Service.
Page replaced former Postmaster Ruben Lemos, who retired.
Page is an 18-year postal employee, who began her career as a mail carrier. She most recently served as a Victorville Post Office supervisor.
“I love being here,” Page said. “I’m so proud and happy to have been selected for this position, in the community in which I live. Our employees and customers are awesome.”
She added that she hopes to further the postal service’s legacy of outstanding customer service and to contribute to the overall success of the organization.
“As outlined in USPS’s Delivering for America plan, we are modernizing and continually adapting to the changing needs of our customers,” she said. “Our customers are priority one, whether they’re located in a major metropolitan area or smaller communities like Lucerne Valley.”
Page expressed gratitude to her family for their support, to her postal mentors for their guidance and to the leadership team at the USPS San Diego District office for giving her the opportunity.
Born and raised in Southern California, Page graduated from Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead and currently lives in Lucerne Valley.
Postal history
The Lucerne Valley Post Office was established in 1912 at the ranch of John and Rosa Koehly, who came to the area in 1909, according to historian Ethel Owen
The post office was located on the southeast corner of Rabbit Springs Road and Post Office Road. Rosa Koehly was the first Postmaster.
In 1935, the post office moved to a one-room building on Highway 18, west of the Box S ranch, with Ed Smith as postmaster.
The post office moved and shared the Clark Building with John Hutson's and Irving Seeberg's Hardware store, which is now the China House at 32716 Highway 18. The post office would eventually move to its current location at 10418 Highland Avenue in Lucerne Valley.
Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at 760-951-6227 or RDeLaCruz@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on Twitter @DP_ReneDeLaCruz
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