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I haven t done a lot, Baumbach said. I just went to work every day.
But according to township treasurer Jon Helmrich, she s a local treasure. Baumbach, 79, was officially set to retire from her position as the township s administrative assistant at the end of February.
She will continue working for the township part-time until a replacement is secured.
Baumbach was hired by the township in 1977 as part of a state-funded program to perform field work for the assessor s office. Back then, the cities of Saugatuck and Douglas were still unincorporated and were part of Saugatuck Township. All of us girls, we went to all the places and sites in Douglas and Saugatuck Township and to all the homes and businesses and did all the measuring of the buildings, Baumbach said. And you asked about how many rooms and things like that for the assessing. We did that for two years. Then the program was over, but they hired me to stay in the office. So that s why I just kept