The old saying “Death Comes in Threes” rang true for me. Two former foundational members of the Des Moines Catholic Worker community died less than a month before baby Amy’s death. Richard Cleaver died September 23rd and Michael Sprong died Oct 16th. Both Richard and Michael were part of our early DMCW years, the best from the previous century. Richard’s name first appears in the DMCW community list in the January 1979 edition of Via Pacis and Michael’s name first appears in the September 1981 VP.