- Date
- 1961-11
- Kind
- Closure
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Augustus “Gus” F. Sendenburgh (retiree)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitydemography
- Within
- Beaver Island
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
- 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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-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 · 1961-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “August Sendenburgh retires from Army Corps civilian service, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/retirement-of-august-sendenburgh-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1961, “Retirement.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.
BibTeX for “August Sendenburgh retires from Army Corps civilian service, 1961”RIS for “August Sendenburgh retires from Army Corps civilian service, 1961”