- Dates
- 1971-12-16 – 1971-12-20
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religioncommunityeducationhealthcareheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Mrs. H. Joseph “Bid” Sendenburgh, identified in the January 1972 Beaver Beacon as Bridget McDonald, died at her Beaver Island home on December 16, 1971. A funeral was held at Holy Cross Church on December 20, followed by burial in Holy Cross Cemetery.
The obituary remembers her work as a post-office assistant and acting postmistress, McDonough’s Store’s first full-time employee, a midwife, cook, and teacher at the “Little Red School” at Greenstown.
Evidence and limits
This record preserves the newspaper’s biography and reported funeral sequence. The source does not provide civil certificates, a plot identifier, or a full employment chronology.
Sources
- Reports Bid Sendenburgh’s death at her Beaver Island home, Holy Cross funeral and cemetery burial, and a biographical account of her postal, store, midwife, cooking, and teaching work; it does not cite civil or parish registers.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of Bid Sendenburgh, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-bid-sendenburgh-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1972, “Islander Passes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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