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Silent Keys

Guidelines for entries on this page:   Date of Death, Name, Call, Obituary, Picture(s).

This is a place for a QCWA member to submit an obituary of a SK written to reflect more of the amateur side of the SKs life than the standard obituary includes.   The write up should be 500 words or less and a picture may be included.   Send the information to QCWA HQ too.

Please ensure the member is really a Silent Key, I don't want a member to call or e-mail and say how much they enjoyed reading of their demise.


               date           first name       last name    call

               2010/07/21     John T. Edel                  K8LBZ  write-up
               2010/07/21     Donald W. Heaslip            VE3NJH  write-up
               2010/07/10     Arnold R. Vandenbelt (KB4IEE)VA3IEE  write-up
               2010/06/27     William B. 'Doc' Brown        W4OUK  write-up
               2010/06/16     John G. Smith                VE6AI   write-up
               2010/04/26     Paul A. Heins                AE6QP   write-up
               2010/04/26     Charles W. Peterson           WØUEI  write-up
               2010/04/18     F.W. 'Bill' Marsh            VE3SB   write-up
               2010/04/14     Donald K. Johnson             W6AAQ  write-up
               2010/04/10     John V. Smith                 W4ACG  write-up
               2010/03/29     Gary A. Stilwell             KI6T    write-up
               2010/03/28     George A. Manning             K1CG   write-up
               2010/03/26     Raymond W. Wilson            VE9WI   write-up
               2010/03/26     Frank G. Warsalla Sr.         K8MFK  write-up
               2010/03/24     George A. Adamson            VE3XS   write-up
               2010/03/20     William W. 'Bill' Loucks     VE3AR   write-up
               2010/03/16     Richard A. 'Dick' Hade        K9HSK  write-up
               2010/03/06     Orthel C. 'Tex' Sumner        W5IEA  write-up
               2010/03/05     Danial R. 'Bob' Dorsey Jr.    W4RQ   write-up
               2010/02/18     John S. Ambler               VE6CAQ  write-up
               2010/02/17     Andrew M. Hassell             W5DEM  write-up
               2010/02/04     Frederick D. 'Fred' Green    VE3IO   write-up
               2010/01/27     William J. 'Bill' Wilson     VE3NR   write-up
               2010/01/20     David L. 'Dave' Ingram        K4TWJ  write-up
               2010/01/18     William J. Harden             W4VAH  write-up
               2010/01/16     Earl D. 'Dan' Kay             K4HTY  write-up
               2010/01/16     Donald E. Claar               K6DGK  write-up

               2009/12/29     James W. 'Jim' Lewis         WB8GIP  write-up
               2009/12/20     Harold P. Eichenberger        W5HZO  write-up
               2009/12/18     Carl V. Spencer Jr.           W7JHE  write-up
               2009/12/16     Charles E. Soper Sr           K2HPT  write-up
               2009/12/06     Robert G 'Bob' Goodrich      WA3ZAO  write-up
               2009/11/28     Norman Gertz                  K1AA   write-up
               2009/11/15     Raymond H. Friesz             WØHRG  write-up
               2009/11/07     David L. Mays                 W8UI   write-up
               2009/10/23     Margaret L. Roberts           W8BFQ  write-up
               2009/10/20     Peter Radding                 W2GJ   write-up
               2009/10/20     James R 'Randy' Hargenrader   K4QO   write-up
               2009/10/14     Eugene A 'Gene' Walter Jr.    W2CP   write-up
               2009/09/20     John G. 'Johnny' Marshall     WØJM   write-up
               2009/08/31     John L. 'Jack' Hill           WØZWW  write-up
               2009/08/13     Betty L. Hernes              WBØWFS  write-up
               2009/07/05     Edward J. 'Ed' Gersten       WB2MWW  write-up
               2009/06/29     Isaac 'Ike' Hagen             W8GVS  write-up
               2009/06/09     Ronald J. Oliver              W7VU   write-up
               2009/05/04     Nelson E. 'Sandy' Donahue     W4RU   write-up
               2009/05/01     Albert L. 'Lee' Bergren       WØAR   write-up
               2009/04/27     David L. 'Dave' West         KZ4G    write-up
               2009/04/20     Barney C. Moffatt             W5CJZ  write-up
               2009/04/17     Glenn E. Eisley               W6NDR  write-up
               2009/04/03     Merle L. Rigby                K2AOV  write-up
               2009/03/28     Jack R. Main                  W4YCZ  write-up
               2009/03/25     Jack M. Dye                   W5LUE  write-up
               2009/03/10     Laetitia 'Tess' Hardie       VE3HIR  write-up
               2009/02/18     John S. Kanzius               K3TUP  write-up
               2009/02/14     Edward M. 'Ted' Bodman       VE3CD   write-up
               2009/02/10     James W. Mc Fall              K9VDQ  write-up
               2009/01/16     Don Doughty                   W6EEN  write-up
               2009/01/02     Charles W. 'Bill' Peale       W5MW   write-up

               2008/12/31     Walter R. Farley              K4QE   write-up
               2008/11/25     George S. Wilson III          W4OYI  write-up
               2008/11/04     Edgar B. Whitaker             K2DLL  write-up
               2008/10/24     Donald F. Perazzo             WØYQY  write-up
               2008/09/24     Fred D. Bardwell              W8OSM  write-up
               2008/09/17     Robert E. 'Bob' Wesslund      WØAUS  write-up
               2008/09/12     Robert K. Elliott            WAØOHR  write-up
               2008/09/10     Currin L. Skutt               W8FSZ  write-up
               2008/08/26     Rose Ann Schieffert          WAØWVR  write-up
               2008/08/15     Earl H. Mann                 VE3EHM  write-up
               2008/08/11     Myron F. Kiefaber             W8BML  write-up
               2008/08/11     Julia Ann 'Jan' Fromm        AL7FH   write-up
               2008/08/09     Harry J. Mills                K4HU   write-up
               2008/08/08     Anthony N. Musero             K3UKW  write-up
               2008/07/31     Ulis L. Tucker                W4YRK  write-up
               2008/07/26     Charles E. 'Chuck' Stay       W4HE   write-up
               2008/07/22     Mathew M. Falls              VE3MBU  write-up
               2008/07/20     Donald E. Clendenin           NØNWZ  write-up
               2008/07/14     Thomas S. 'Tom' Taylor        N4LDX  write-up
               2008/07/05     Ken Perrins                  VE3DWR  write-up
               2008/07/04     Reginald W. 'Reg' Duncan      W5UWY  write-up
               2008/05/18     Alex A. 'Polly' Polityka      W8FLA  write-up
               2008/05/15     Wesley P. 'Wes' Unruh         NØWU   write-up
               2008/05/14     Ralph F. Agee                 W6ZEK  write-up
               2008/05/09     Ronald A. Parise             WA4SIR  write-up
               2008/05/05     Robert E. Friday              NØBVK  write-up
               2008/04/24     Charles W. 'Wayne' Spenser    W5ROV  write-up
               2008/04/16     L. B. Cebik                   W4RNL  write-up
               2008/04/12     Payton L. 'Pete' Ohlson       W5LVM  write-up
               2008/04/06     Leslie P. 'Les' Hardie       WA7ELV  write-up
               2008/04/01     Lee D. Kirwan                WAØAVA  write-up
               2008/03/27     Ralph Hasslinger              W2CVF  write-up
               2008/03/22     Joesph D. 'Dale' Craddock    AE1S    write-up
               2008/03/16     E. Merle Glunt                W3OKN  write-up
               2008/03/11     Steve Weber                   W6QON  write-up
               2008/02/21     Harold Chase                  W1EES  write-up
               2008/02/15     Stephan K. Plasman            KØIMA  write-up
               2008/02/11     John H. Berry Jr.             WØNXU  write-up
               2008/02/08     Kenneth J. Miller             N8IPA  write-up
               2008/02/04     Lewis 'Dutch' Leffingwell JR KCØJDH  write-up
               2008/01/09     Johnny Grant                 WB6MJV  write-up
               2008/01/08     Margaret N. Hopson           WBØSMQ  write-up
               2008/01/03     Gary F. Trentham             KCØFL   write-up

               2007/12/28     Timothy P. Hulick             W9QQ   write-up
               2007/12/27     Donald A. 'Gordo' Weaver      KØJPW  write-up
               2007/12/24     Janice R. 'Jan' Scheuerman   WA2YL   write-up
               2007/12/21     Hubert R. 'Mac' McClain       K6SPK  write-up
               2007/12/20     Norman Wesler                 K2YEW  write-up
               2007/12/07     Thomas S. Jones               K4JM   write-up
               2007/12/05     Clyde Schaffnit              KB8HV   write-up
               2007/12/01     Milo E. 'Mac' McNeall Jr.     WØNSW  write-up
               2007/12/01     Albert H. 'Rocky' Zimmerman   W8UYN  write-up
               2007/11/21     James E. Turner              WAØHZS  write-up
               2007/11/21     Floyd D. Riemenschneider      K7MGA  write-up
               2007/11/14     Leonard A. "Len' Hooks       KG6ZR   write-up
               2007/11/13     Allen K. Smith                WØQGS  write-up
               2007/11/01     Paul W. Tibbets               K4ZVZ  write-up
               2007/11/01     Joel Mele                     W4SLH  write-up
               2007/10/31     Fredrick W. Brown             WØIIZ  write-up
               2007/10/13     Ellsworth F. 'Cass' Cassing   WØGJG  write-up
               2007/09/18     Thomas B.J. 'Tom' Atkins     VE3CDM  write-up
               2007/08/17     William A. 'Bill' Ogden       WØKHG  write-up
               2007/07/21     Robert E. Elmore              W5JHJ  write-up
               2007/07/18     Larry E. Neal                 KØOTU  write-up
               2007/07/15     Donald R. Lester              W1TSN  write-up
               2007/07/10     Lloyd L. Michael             KIØIT   write-up
               2007/07/08     John Samual 'Sam' West SR     K4GMV  write-up
               2007/07/06     Robert J. Stross              W2FWU  write-up
               2007/07/05     John U. Erickson             VE6NB   write-up
               2007/07/03     Roland E. 'Ron' Burke        WBØUZM  write-up
               2007/06/27     Rayon A. Longdo               K2YJR  write-up
               2007/06/16     Dwight W. Sorensen           WAØITU  write-up
               2007/06/09     Robert T. Ingino              KØBGW  write-up
               2007/06/08     Myron C. Inman               WDØGNL  write-up
               2007/06/07     John M. Robertson             NØAZQ  write-up
               2007/06/04     Charles W. 'Bill' Cramer      WØZL   write-up
               2007/04/16     Howard L. Lester              W2ODC  write-up
               2007/04/12     William F. 'Doc' Fleury       K1FUB  write-up
               2007/04/03     David L. Glass                W8UKQ  write-up
               2007/03/22     Robert J. 'Doc' Kelemen       W1US   write-up
               2007/03/10     Paul Kendall Stevens          W8EWD  write-up
               2007/02/19     Don Lowden                   KA8ZPJ  write-up
               2007/01/16     Harrison 'Harry' Moore        W2JQS  write-up

               2006/12/27     Marvin 'Marv' Carmony         W9KT   write-up
               2006/12/27     Chris 'Kris' Kovacheff        K9AMC  write-up
               2006/11/28     Kenneth W. 'Ken' Cexton       K6LFR  write-up
               2006/10/29     Stanley O. 'Stan' Oehmen      K7BZ   write-up
               2006/10/23     Boynton Hagaman              AA4QY   write-up
               2006/10/07     Lester R. 'Rob' Larson        WØUP   write-up
               2006/10/01     Gene Williams                 N7YW   write-up
               2006/10/       John H. Cope                 KD5NB   write-up
               2006/09/30     Marty Miller                 NN2C    write-up
               2006/09/13     Gene Nailon                   K5DLE  write-up
               2006/08/31     Robert W. 'Wade' Walstrom     WØEJ   write-up
               2006/08/28     Gary Paul Cain                W8MFL  write-up
               2006/08/22     Tom Dix                       W3BFH  write-up
               2006/08/09     Tony Merritt                  K5CFM  write-up
               2006/07/27     Richard 'Dick' Daggett        KØPSH  write-up
               2006/07/27     Donald R. 'Don' Newcomb       WØDN   write-up
               2006/07/17     John Stewart                 KE6DK   write-up
               2006/07/12     Edward E.W. 'Ed' Martinson    WØGYH  write-up
               2006/07/03     Frank Lester                  W2AMJ  write-up
               2006/06/04     Arthur C. 'Ace' Winter        W2ADB  write-up
               2006/05/31     Rex W. Sjostrom              ABØPG   write-up
               2006/05/29     Dwight I. Temple              W2ATM  write-up
               2006/05/19     Nat Janco                     W5FUR  write-up
               2006/04/04     Ralph Saroyan                 W6JPU  write-up
               2006/02/23     Russell R. Beams              W8AAL  write-up
               2006/01/31     Powell F. Krueger             WØWY   write-up
               2006/01/24     Roy Nordos SR                 WØVSA  write-up

               2005/12/11     Gordon E. 'Gordy' Miller     WAØZOG  write-up
               2005/11/29     Edmund H. 'Ed' Marriner       W6XM   write-up
               2005/11/22     Robert O. Zecher              W2YIK  write-up
               2005/11/20     Herman Milatz                 W2TLC  write-up
               2005/07/29     Jacques G. 'Jack' Chamberlin  W2SL   write-up
               2005/06/15     Albert R. 'Al' Kahn           K4FW   write-up
               2005/06/12     Robert Bondurant              W6RUJ  write-up
               2005/06/11     Eugene 'Buck' Ruperto         W3KH   write-up
               2005/05/21     Harold B. Davis               W8NNS  write-up
               2005/05/07     Shirley Ann Roos Rex          K8MZT  write-up
               2005/05/02     Donn R. Nottage               W8JGP  write-up
               2005/05/01     Gilbert J. Kowols             W9BUB  write-up
               2005/04/24     William W. 'Bill' McGrannhan  NØZL   write-up
               2005/04/14     William F. 'Bill' Schall      K2YGF  write-up
               2005/03/27     Forrest Bahr                  K4SEE  write-up
               2005/03/16     Spencer L. Clope              W9LDH  write-up
               2005/02/27     Irvin Hershowitz              W3HQG  write-up
               2005/02/12     Charles 'Con' Concannon       K4RQ   write-up
               2005/01/30     John Jerome Willig            W8ACE  write-up
               2005/01/30     George Lockwood              KD8RJ   write-up
               2005/01/21     Richard E. 'Dick' Aspinwall   W7PV   write-up
               2005/01/12     Rollo Medler                  W4ANN  write-up

               2004/12/30     John K. Nagel                 W7AQE  write-up
               2004/12/22     Mike Gurka                    K2UGH  write-up
               2004/12/21     Richard C. Eaton              W2SBI  write-up
               2004/12/13     Harold O. Torosian            K6OGX  write-up
               2004/11/20     Jim Williams Sr.              K6HIO  write-up
               2004/11/08     Shirley Wilkerson Jr.         W4TBU  write-up
               2004/10/07     Larry Kayser (WA3ZIA)        VA3LK   write-up
               2004/10/05     James 'Jimmie' Wakefield      W6PSQ  write-up
               2004/10/03     Beryl Masters                WBØEJJ  write-up
               2004/09/12     Laymon J. Knicely             W8CCR  write-up
               2004/09/12     Kenneth Weller                W8TZQ  write-up
               2004/09/08     Gerry W. Wentz               KC4EHT  write-up
               2004/09/04     Jim Walsh                     W7LVN  write-up
               2004/08/01     Clarence Seid                 W2KW   write-up
               2004/07/30     Jerry Morris                  W5KUF  write-up
               2004/07/25     John Palagino                WD8IBN  write-up
               2004/06/30     Harry Watkins                 W5AXQ  write-up
               2004/06/09     Marion J. Stoner              W8VWY  write-up
               2004/05/28     Tom Haymond                   W8CCN  write-up
               2004/05/07     Gerry King                   VE3GK   write-up
               2004/04/14     Robert V. Davis               KØFPC  write-up
               2004/04/12     Richard F. Hunt               KØMG   write-up
               2004/03/23     Robert Jensen                 WØWLN  write-up
               2004/03/23     Paul Christiansen            VE6ABD  write-up
               2004/03/09     Richard 'Dick' Wilson         W6GV   write-up
               2004/02/15     Leland Smith                  W5KL   write-up
               2004/02/10     Bud Greenless                 K4BHW  write-up
               2004/01/06     Thomas E. 'Jack' Bobbitt      W4HV   write-up

               2003/12/31     Ernest Samuel Moore           W8NCD  write-up
               2003/12/26     Emmanuel G 'Manny' Papandreas W4SS   write-up
               2003/12/25     Harold Vanderpool             W8IFC  write-up
               2003/12/14     Harold 'Gib' Gibson           W9PQO  write-up
               2003/12/06     G. Donald 'Don' Eberlein      W6YHM  write-up
               2003/11/15     Otho 'Och' Lawrence           K6CAY  write-up
               2003/10/25     James J. 'Jack' Meehan        N6FJK  write-up
               2003/07/09     Casey Richard Blonaisz        K4IOE  write-up
               2003/07/03     Bruce Durbin                  K6THC  write-up
               2003/05/26     Mayo J. 'Mac' McAllister      WØUQV  write-up
               2003/05/19     Wesley C. 'Wes' Randles       W4COW  write-up
               2003/04/23     Art Bolton                   NM6K    write-up
               2003/03/03     Stanley Weiss                 W6KHH  write-up
               2003           Russ Estep                    W6AUC  write-up

               2002/12/07     Howard Wolfe                  W2AGW  write-up
               2002/10/21     Walter C. Kimball            VE3CWE  write-up
               2002/08/08     A. Prose Walker               W4BW   write-up
               2002/08/01     Robert E. Baird               W9NN   write-up
               2002/02/28     John J. 'Jack' Kelleher       W4ZC   write-up

               2001/12/15     Wendle 'Duke' Campbell        K5GDH  write-up
               2001/11/24     John 'Mac' McKinney           WØAP   write-up
               2001/08/12     John Nagley                   K4AHS  write-up
               2001/06/03     William H. 'Bill' Kennedy     W2AS   write-up
               2001/05/24     Fielding O. Waters            W3DIP  write-up
               2001/05/02     Bill Savage                  VE6EO   write-up

               2000/07/31     Lewis G. 'Mac' McCoy          W1ICP  write-up
               2000/07/08     J. William Miller             K4MM   write-up
               2000/05/26     Edith M. 'Betty' Coleman      W4EHN  write-up
               2000/04/11     Lawrence F. Amann             K5TQN  write-up
               2000           Frank Dukat                   K6NL   write-up

               1999/06/25     Aubury E. Keel                WØAKL  write-up
               1999/05/31     Frank A. Gunther              W2ALS  write-up
               1999           Paul Letsinger                W6SYL  write-up

               1998/07/28     Judson F. 'Jud' Whatley       W4NZJ  write-up
               1998/05/29     Barry M. Goldwater            K7UGA  write-up
               1998/05/23     Dick Rauscher                 W6ANK  write-up
               1998/03/13     Esther I. Given               W6BDE  write-up
               1998           Larry J. Reeves              WAØGKZ  write-up

               1997/08/27     Harry Kaklikian               W4ACN  write-up
               1997/02/05     Ethel M. Smith                K4LMB  write-up

               1996/01/17     Jean-Barnard Wolff           LX1JW   write-up
               1996           Irwin R. Wolfe                W6HHN  write-up

               1994/05/21     Stuart Meyer                  W2GHK  write-up
               1994           Nat Burnett                   W2GKB  write-up
               1994           Irving R. Groves              W2DX   write-up

               1993/12/25     L.F. 'Ted' Heithecker         W5EJ   write-up
               1993/07/06     Emerson Merhling              W4NH   write-up
               1993           Augustine R.Gironda           W2JE   write-up

               1992/10/05     Gerald J. 'Jerry' McTernan    W3BM   write-up
               1992/01/25     Clyde F. Norton               WØELA  write-up
               1992           Moe Joffe                     W2BNY  write-up

               1990           Lester 'Les' Reiss            W2BR   write-up
               1990           David Talley                  W2PF   write-up

               1987/06/08     James Millen                  W1HRX  write-up
               1987           Murry Blum                    W2MY   write-up

               1985/10/03     William H. 'Bill' Reuman      W2RB   write-up

               1984           Jack Heidt                    W2LKN  write-up
               1984           Edwin S. Crane                W2EF   write-up

               1983           Alfred B. 'Al' O'Hara         W20G   write-up

               1982           Morton B. 'Mort' Kahn         W2KR   write-up

               1981/12/13     John Di Blasi                 W2FX   write-up
               1981           Ambrose H. Hardwick           W2YQ   write-up

               1980/05/19     Thomas A. 'Tom' McCann        K2CM   write-up

               1979           Walter A. 'Walt' Cobb         W2CO   write-up

               1978           George Nolan                  W2QF   write-up

               1977/05/21     Herbert S. Brier              W9AD   write-up
               1977           Harold L. Wetterholm          W2BKY  write-up
               1977           Frank Frimerman               W2FZ   write-up
               1977           Ferd C.W. Thiede              W2EC   write-up

               1976           Uda Ross                      W2UD   write-up

               1975           A.L. 'Doc' Walsh              W2BW   write-up

               1974           Phil Levison                  W2MIN  write-up

               1973           Reeve O. Strock               W2YW   write-up
               1973           Dr. Paul Z. Haus              W2VH   write-up

               1972           Fred W. Huff                  W2AMB  write-up

               1971           Harold D. 'Hal' Perry         W2LFR  write-up

               1970           John Albert 'Al' Stobbe       W2WZ   write-up

               1969           William L. 'Doc' Wheeler Jr   W2ILO  write-up
               1969           Raymond Farwell               W2BJ   write-up

               1968           William E. 'Bill' Owens       W2DDA  write-up
               1968           Leon A. Hansen                W2FIT  write-up
               1968           Earl R. Thomas                W2MM   write-up
               1968           Charles A. Service            W4IE   write-up

               1967/07/04     Oscar Oehmen                  W2KU   write-up

               1966/11/11     Ralph G. Barber               W2ZM   write-up
               1966           Perce B. Collison             K2DZ   write-up
               1966           George T. Droste              W2IN   write-up

               1965           F.A. Long                     W2PYY  write-up
               1965           Earl W. Dannals               W2GG   write-up
               1965           Dr. Ernest A. 'Ernie' Cyriax  W2DI   write-up

               1963           Walter J. Howell              W2II   write-up
               1963           Henry T. Hayden Jr.           W2FO   write-up
               1963           Gordon Braendle               W6YYU  write-up

               1962           Myron J. Earl                 W9WNF  write-up
               1962           John A. Gioe                  W2FD   write-up

               1961           Kurt Schoenfeld               W2BT   write-up

               1957           Dan E. Lindsay                W2PL   write-up

               1955           Otto Eppers                   W2EA   write-up

               1951/05/15     R.D. Valentine                W2GX   write-up

               1936/02/17     Hiram P. Maxium               W1AW   write-up

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