<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">I had forgotten Jim’s remarkable good looks. My, what a life and what a partnership with Alice! I am deeply grateful for his life and so fortunate to have journeyed a while with Jim and Alice.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“…the long work<br>
of turning their lives<br>
into a celebration<br>
is not easy. Come </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">and let us talk</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">“. </span></p><p class="p1"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver</span></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 17, 2025, at 3:51 PM, Karen Snyder via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><img alt="FE315869-4856-48CE-9156-FF70E4FD3D5A.jpeg" src="cid:03522195-F038-43E8-BD89-C8D6D7CD25BE"></div><div><br></div><div>Alice Baumbach is sharing information about Jim Baumbach’s death last Friday, November 14. His obituary (<a href="https://www.wichmannfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/james-baumbach-phd">https://www.wichmannfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/james-baumbach-phd</a>) reminds us of the work he and Alice did with the Ecumenical Institute/Institute of Cultural Affairs: </div><div><br></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(17, 24, 39); color: rgb(17, 24, 39); font-family: ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">He met his wife, Alice (née DesJardins), at Michigan State University and they were married in Warren, MI in 1962. In 1969 they joined the Order Ecumenical and the Institute of Cultural Affairs in Chicago, IL, whose mission was to teach religious and cultural courses across the country and build models of community reformulation that could be replicated around the world. Except for one year on the north side of Chicago, they lived on the west side in a ghetto community. While Jim worked at Nalco, Alice worked in-house with the preschool and the community center. One member of each family was assigned to work out so that the project could be funded. All of those who worked out donated their salaries. Both Jim and Alice felt this was the most empowering work of their life.</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(17, 24, 39); color: rgb(17, 24, 39); font-family: ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OE mailing list</span><br><span>OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</span><br><span>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>