Gina Grate De Spain graduated from Northwestern High School in 1992. She attended Spoon River College.
In high school Gina liked sports, and still does. She referees volleyball games one to two nights a week and is an avid golfer.
Her hobbies are fishing, yard landscaping and golfing.
Gina and Reggie (her husband) like to play cards, eat out and of course, play golf.
Gina has lived in Blandinsville all her life. Her parents are Roger and Cindy Grate and she has a sister, Nicole Grate Hurt.
Gina has been employed in La Harpe at First State Bank of Western Illinois since 1994. Reggie and Gina are parents of Tyler and Jenna.