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August Sendenburgh retires from Army Corps civilian service (1961)

Also 1961 August Sendenburgh retirement

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TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

August Sendenburgh retired in 1961 after thirty years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The November notice says he, his wife, and daughter planned to spend the winter on Beaver Island and return to St. Ignace after the school year.

Evidence and limits

The notice supplies a local retirement and seasonal-residence account, not a complete employment biography or federal personnel record.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 1961, “Retirement.”
    Reports August Sendenburgh retiring from Civilian Government Service after thirty years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and planning to spend the winter on Beaver Island with his wife and daughter before returning to St. Ignace after the school year. It does not identify his Corps position or personnel record.