NICE, Calif. – According to Patricia Gross, she has always been nice, but now she gets to become the Nice postmaster.

On Friday, April 21, at 2:30 p.m., Gross will raise her right hand to be sworn in as the new postmaster at the Nice Post Office, 3964 East Highway 20.

Manager of Post Office Operations Bobbie Riley will administer the official oath of office at the Friday ceremony.

Gross will follow a proud tradition that goes back to 1930 when Max Maiereder was the first postmaster.

Gross started her postal career in 1994 as a rural carrier and transferred to the Upper Lake Post Office in 1996 as a rural carrier. She became a clerk at the Lucerne Post Office in 2000.

She started her management track as an officer-in-charge at the Covelo and Laytonville Post Offices. Her first postmaster position was in Glenhaven in 2008, the position she held until being selected as the Nice postmaster.

“It is an honor to work for the Postal Service, said Gross. “I want to provide the community with excellent customer service and show the community what a great company the Postal Service is.”

Gross, 55, enjoys camping and spending time with family, friends and spoiling her grandchildren. Her son, Kevin and daughter-in-law, Angela, have three children, Dominic, 12, Ethan, 5, and Wyatt, 18 months. Gross resides in Bachelor Valley.

Gross believes in community service and participates in community activities and school functions.

As postmaster, Gross manages all postal operations at the Nice Post Office with two employees who process and deliver an average of 2,150 pieces of mail daily to 1,832 PO boxes and one highway contract route with 313 delivery stops.