PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland letter carrier celebrated her last day on the job after more than 4 decades with the US Postal Service. Lissa Allen has been delivering mail all over Portland for 40 years and 5 months.

“I’ve had mounted routes where you drive and the boxes are curbside, I’ve had park and loop with long walking routes,” she said. Lissa Allen delivers mail to the KOIN 6 News station. (KOIN)

It took Allen 30 years of work to get the highly coveted downtown route — including delivering mail to the KOIN 6 News station.

The US Postal Service said she’s had her job longer than any other woman in Oregon. When she started in September 1977, no other women were delivering mail.

Source: Portland letter carrier retires after 40 years | Oregon | KOIN