Over 30 years of retirement, Edlefson would collect as much as $2.63 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Illinois Valley Times.
The projection assumes Edlefson received $55,363 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Edlefson will have already received $171,122 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.