Gene Denzel: Stream Team 509 Hero, passes away at 83.

[msamatt]

Folks:

  I'm writing to share some news about the passing of Gene Denzel.  He was an inspiration to all of us who knew him.  While most of us talk a lot of, to paraphrase Smalliebigs "Shiot"  Gene quietly walked the talk and just got things done.  If you're the praying kind, please say a prayer for Gene and his family.  Thankfully, Stream Teams throughout our state are started and sustained by lots of men and women who just like Gene do the work because it needs to be done.  We miss you Gene. 

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[Dan Kreher]

For a period of several years in the early 2000s, Gene was responsible for single-handedly posting MSA's old Smallmouth Info signs at more than 100 public stream access points across the Ozarks annually on a regular basis. He just quietly took this upon himself to do this at a time when MSA was without a dedicated conservation director.  He also did a tremendous amount of work maintaining/cleaning up stream accesses on Meramec River for which he was recognized by the Stream Team organizing body.  

Many thanks to Gene and it was good to know you, sir.

 

 

[Norm M]

That is a man I would have loved to have known .

[msamatt]

Thanks Norm.  Gene was a fine person.  If all of us did just half of what he did...

[Jerry Rapp]

it's a small world again.  Gene's brother, Charlie, was my first supervisor at the Corps back in the early 80's.  Charlie and I had several good fishing memories.  RIP Gene.