Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

A close Cinciripini family friend, Gene Speichinger, passed away a couple of days ago. He had a pretty incredible life, including a dozen years of rural community development in Peru:

In spending 12 years working with the Quechua Indians of the highlands in southern Peru, Gene worked on the construction of schools, roads, wells, electrical and mechanical installations, bridges, and management of a 5,500-acre cooperative farming project, and was director and pastor of a the Catholic church in Capachica. In this time, he became fluent in Spanish and the native language, Quechua.

There’s a visitation on Sunday and the funeral on Monday, both in Columbia, Missouri, at the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.