Mineral Treasurer/Superintendent Mary Yarnall to retire at end of year
Mary Yarnall and her husband Dennis have some pretty exciting plans once she retires at the end of December. Mary has been the Mineral County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools for 12 years and before that, she spent 12 years working in the department.
There is not an incumbent for the position of Mineral County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools in the upcoming election. Mary Yarnall had worked in the Treasurer’s Office for 12 years prior to being elected and has held that position for an additional 12 years.
“Prior to working for the county, I worked in the service industry at Huckleberry Brothers, Nugget Lounge, Four Aces Bar, and owned a child day care,” she shared.
Yarnall and her husband Dennis moved into their home in Superior on June 6, 1992, and upon her retirement Dec. 31, 2022, they will be selling their house and building a new home up Fish Creek on Dennis’s family property. They will then become snowbirds during the winter and enjoying the summers in Alberton.
“The biggest rewards of being the department head in this fun and fast-moving office is the people I have worked with (employees) and worked for (public). All the customers over all these years. I have had the privilege of working with all of the county and school entities,” she smiled.
But why the combination of County Treasurer and County Superintendent of Schools?
“It makes sense to have these two offices combined because of the money. The three district schools and all of the county receivables are brought into my office for processing and balancing of cash. Our county commissioners approve county budgets and school budgets and as Superintendent of Schools, I balance and report to the state Office of Public Instruction and balance each month with the schools’ clerks. The Treasurer half is the same, but I am balancing the county entities. This could not be done without the due diligence of my employees, who you work with every time you call or come into my office,” she explained.
Challenges come with changes and the office is always changing. Yarnall adapted and learned new and more efficient methods of running this department.
Asked what it looks and feels like when she looks over her shoulder, Yarnall beamed.
“Wow. The best part of a long and happy career is to retire,” she said.
Slowing down is part of the new adventure but remaining busy just the same.
“We love to travel and go to new places. Visit family and friends. I love to do crafts and I will have more time for those things. Oh, and also much time sitting on my deck and watching elk in the field and the beautiful mountains in the distance. God is Good, and I have been so blessed,” she added.
Merry Mueller and Jill Betts, who are both currently working for Yarnall, want to be the next Mineral County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools and voters will see their names on the primary ballot.