Kendall County Food Pantry Treasurer Resigns

Photo courtesy of the Kendall County Food Pantry

YORKVILLE, IL — Kendall County Food Pantry Treasurer Ken Spaeth has joined Executive Director Maria Spaeth in resigning from the Pantry.

The Pantry board accepted both of their resignations at its June 7 meeting.

According to to Jeff Young, Acting Chairman of the Kendall County Food Pantry Board, Ken Spaeth gave no reason for his resignation.

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Young had no further comment on their resignations.

"The Pantry continues to be open and fully operational providing services to over 7,000 people per month," Young said.

It is unknown if the resignations are connected in any way to a theft of funds, which volunteers recently reported.

Young said two previous volunteers were being investigated. No one at the Pantry receives compensation for their work.

“The Kendall County Food Pantry and its board are all volunteers and have always been volunteers,” Young said.

Yorkville police say they served search warrants June 1 on the Food Pantry, located at 208 Beaver St., and at a personal residence in Kendall County.

Yorkville Police Department Deputy Chief Terry Klingel said there are a couple of persons of interest involved with the theft of funds. He was unable to give more information about them, other than that they held some role within the Pantry.

Klingel was unable to say how much money was stolen. The initial police report said the theft was more than $500, but WSPY News, citing unnamed sources, reports the theft was more than $100,000.