http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-agnes-eviction-notice-20100505,0,327787.storyNiece sends notice of eviction to 100-year-old aunt
By Colleen Mastony, Tribune reporter
8:58 p.m. CDT, May 5, 2010
Agnes Albinger, the 100-year-old Monee resident who has spent the past nine months battling foreclosure, has a new adversary: her own niece.
Bridget Gruzdis, 47, sent Albinger a notice of eviction this week. The document, dated Monday, gives Albinger 13 days to vacate the 70-acre farm where she has lived since 1949.
Public officials who have been helping Albinger in her case said they had received the notice Wednesday and were researching Albinger's options.
"We're going to take every necessary step to make sure Mrs. Albinger can stay on her property," said Charles Pelkie, a spokesman for the Will County state's attorney's office, which is working on the case with the Monee Police Department, as well as officials representing Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
The eviction letter came just days after First Midwest Bank officials halted foreclosure proceedings and vowed to do everything they could to allow Albinger to remain in her home. Monee village code enforcement officials had also agreed to extend a previous deadline and give Albinger more time to make repairs.