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Show Panguitch Postmaster Dennis Armstrong will be retiring from the postal service on Friday. Armstrong says he plans to begin a new life traveling with his wife in their motorhome. Friday Is Final Day For Panguitch Postmaster Dennis Armstrong PANGUITCH - Dennis Armstrong, long time Panguitch postmaster, turned 60 on Monday and set the wheels in motion for his retirement this month from the U.S. Postal Service. He will put in his last full day on Friday, Aug. 23. Dennis and wife Debra will then climb aboard their family motorhome and begin a new phase of their life together, traveling trav-eling mainly the western states at least through Thanksgiving they predict. Then it's back to their beloved southern Utah but to a new location to begin a new phase of life they've waited so long for. The Armstrongs have sold their Panguitch home and purchased a new one in Washington City, but expect to see many local folks occasionally occasional-ly on their treks to St. George. Armstrong was born in Detroit and came to southern Utah to visit a friend in Beaver back in 1979 and fell in love with the area. He began his postal service as a clerk in Milford in 1983 and after just a couple of years transferred to a number of post office positions in Salt Lake City. In 1993 he was offered the , postmaster position in Panguitch and quickly jumped at that opportunity as well. He has found his career satisfying and has truly enjoyed the local folks he has come to know. The past few years Armstrong has actually been away teaching and training other supervisors for up to 2-3 weeks at a time, traveling all over the country. He just returned from the national training train-ing center in Norman, Okla. He has enjoyed his main two hobbies, hiking and skiing, easy to accomplish in this area and he plans to continue both. All the Armstrong children continue to live and work in Utah, so family visits are on the agenda as well as extended periods of travel. |
