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In Memory

We would like to remember the following locals hams
who have joined the rank of Silent Keys.
They will be in our memories and logbooks forever.

  Call Name Date of passing Age Other
  W9FMF Art Johnson      
  W9FMJ Van Bowman      
  W9JGY Charles Gray     born 10/1931
  W9JRR Bob Stone     born 7/1915
  W9JSM Bob Bernhardt     born 5/1922
  W9MDC Charlie Miser      
  W9REW Paul Miller      
  K9YRS Jack Fisher between 94 & 04   born 5/1927
  W9HO Leo Yoder between 05 & 10   born 2/1905
  W9PWZ Ed Hildabrand between 93 & 03   born 7/1916
  W9EKN Glenn J. Bechtold  5/29/65 53  
  W9INX Ed Rehberg 7/1/70    
  WA9SDO Chuck Guinup               (founding member of ACARTS) 1/1/75    
  K9FZX Annabel Thomson  6/4/83 66  
  N9EV Everett K. Leitch  10/15/85 68  
  KA9SLS Randy Wojciechowski 8/1/87 40  
  W9PMT Bob Witte 6/18/90 78  
  KA9GZK William C. "Bill" Thomson Jr 10/27/90 73  
  K9DMB Wilbert Meyer 1990    
  W9KLS Phillip E. Lemmon  1/25/92 84  
  KA9JJB Mary R. Callahan  9/23/92 70  
  W9PRO Hap Norton 6/18/94 71  
  W9PIN Earl F. Bohling  5/5/95 90  
  N9FRX Nancy Scott 6/22/96    
  N9ONY Eugene L. Vogely  4/17/97 67  
  W9MGV Eldon "Don" Wood 2/17/98 73  
  WA9WTH Lyle Hamman 5/10/98 71  
  KA9STX John A. Arter   8/13/98 79  
  W9ESK Herbert R. Weaver  9/21/98 68  
  KA9IHA John (Bob) Capin 12/1/98 75  
  N9SYE Bill Jones Sr 12/3/98 67  
  N9EBK Doris L. Smith  2/19/99 69  
  N9DWU John Tripcony  3/8/99 76  
  N9GSP Rose Polk-Waters ~ 8/99 72  
  W9MPW Gilbert Vollink 8/10/99 77  
  W9FPK William R. "Bill" Schane  9/17/99 70  
  W9PEP Roland "Rollie" Mitchell ~ 10/99    
  WB9HNL John "Koontz" Melching 12/1/99 85  
  KA9VBS Lois A. O’ Neil  1/6/00 73  
  W9YGY E. William "Bill" Easterday 4/22/00 70  
  N9MFO James Weldon 9/13/00 79  
  KB9DV Carl Vinyard 10/30/00 78  
  N9MKB Cliff Shrieve II 11/1/00 48  
  NG9M Raymond O'Neil 8/15/01 78  
  WA9EZP Irene Kennedy 9/19/01 84  
  W6RDJ John B. Harmon 10/20/01 84  
  W9GHA (WB9SDP) Robert "Bob" Bontempo 11/25/01 60  
  KB9HIO Mary "Rose" Rose 3/16/02 81  
  WA9ALY Homer Evans 5/28/02 79  
  N9UBB Marian "Mimi" Girod 6/22/02 48  
  W9LE Lew Kester 7/30/02 83  
  NG9K Lewis "Vern" Heck 8/30/02 88  
  KB9UBS Robert G. Mosher 9/26/02 57  
  N9FNV Eugene F. Morr 10/27/02 84  
  KC9ML Larrie Gould ~ 1/03 54  
  WB9DAE Clarence "Bill" Hessler 1/5/03 84  
  WB9JJN John Rinehart 1/16/03 91  
  K9CR Cliff Riley 3/26/03 65  
  WB9BEZ/N9OJ John Stiltner 5/1/03 70  
  W9JJX Al Moore 6/6/03 85  
  W9JOQ Ray Yeranko 8/1/03 89  
  WB9ULN Charlie Willer 1/27/04 49  
  WB9UYT Gary Reece 2/16/04 65  
  W9TDU Charles Cook 2/21/04 90  
  W9KFT James Norton 3/6/04 79  
  WA9RJN Steve Loeschner 3/17/04 53  
  K9KI Ray Cronin 4/26/04 67  
  N9XPB Bob Hire 6/3/04 66  
  WD9HII Bill Hall 6/23/04 69  
  WB9KEP Jerry Schuster ~ 8/04 76  
  KA9FFT Dave Smith 11/2/04 67  
  KB9JBR Carole Streeter 11/14/04 66  
  KA9TCT Irv Weigel 12/25/04 72  
  N9NRL John P. "Jack" Moran 6/21/05 78  
  K9DNN Mel Stuart 6/26/05 79  
  K9RKA Bill Trulock 7/3/05 64  
  K9AWA Roland Brown ~ 8/05 76  
  W9RJR Larry Hutchinson ~ 8/05 66  
  KB9JVK Shirley Miller 11/26/05 70  
  K9KKD Hal Hunt 1/1/06 78  
  WD9FAQ Al Waters 1/12/06 58  
  K9JMT Walter Johnson 1/25/06 90  
  N9LST Glendon Kierstead 3/26/06 71  
  WA9YOF Jack Druckemiller 4/6/06 83  
  WE9G Max A. Kimble 6/5/06 84  
  N9DOQ Albert L. Volz 6/28/06 76  
  W9TC Ted Clifton 9/27/06 96  
  W1QWW (ex W9FXV) Arnold Fountain 7/1/07 80  
  N9KXL Glenn W. Wilson 8/13/07 81  
  W9FJT Bob Sievers 9/7/07 90  
  K9EBZ John G. Smith 10/19/07 78  
  N9NRO Carl Rittenhouse 12/19/07 65  
  KE9T Bill Thomas 12/23/07 81  
  K9LSB Jack Forbing 2/29/08 63  
  KC9EEC Brian Thornhill 11/8/08 51  
  N9AVR Walt Wood 12/27/08 72  
  AA9NL Ernie Blazer 5/15/09 76  
  W9FWI Jack Carter 7/17/09 80  
  N9NAI Bill Meints 9/14/09 73  
  N9UKF Jeffrey Patterson 10/29/09 51  
  N9VXV Wayne Pinckney 2/4/10    
  N9DCA Michael Murphy 9/4/10 56  
  W9BTZ John Marty 9/11/10 67  
  WB9PUJ Dick Bokern 9/14/10 80  
  KG9GW Harold McBride 10/20/10 89  
  WB9UZA Victor Guess 11/19/10 67  
  N9QYP John Whitney 2/24/11 85  
  KC9KTG (XYL WB9YBI) Renee Thomas 4/16/11 45  
  WA1URA Frank Moore 4/21/11 74  
  W9RRB Richard Byers 7/23/11 75  
  KA9LTV Victor Berko 7/31/11 63  
  WA9RRY Melvin "Dean" Whitesel 9/3/11    
  N9IOV Donna White 10/26/11 66  
  W9JBD Gene Williams 11/1/11 71 (see note 1)
  N9FNK William Harrington 12/25/11 66  
  KN9DPK Denny Knepple 7/19/12 63  
  WB8MWW Larry Carroll 7/30/12    
  K9JHE Jerry Young 8/17/12 72  
Jim Pembleton 8/20/12 77 (see note 2)
  N9VZJ Scott Price 10/10/12 53  
  N9FWZ Sandra Temenoff 11/7/12 72  
  N9FM Robert Waugh 5/23/13 66  
  KB9CJB Jim Krawczewicz 6/8/13 64  
  K9ODF George Johnson 7/28/13 91  
  WB9ARB Chesley Seely 8/25/13 88  
  N9RYK Dick Fancher 2/7/14 66  
  W9HF Elvin Miller 4/26/14 91  
  KA9QMI Robert (Bob) Zollinger 5/27/14 82  
  K9RYJ David Campbell 11/17/14 66  
  WD9DYM Don Davison 1/15/15 84  
  KB9YKU Ken Uhrick 4/15/15 61  
  WB9EBX Paul Welty 9/25/15 76  
  KC9GU (ex N9CAX) Tony Colone 9/29/15 63  
  WA9RAP Bill Kindred 4/4/16 86  
  KA9ZAZ Bob Curts 12/1/16 80  
  N9VSR Clarence Resler 1/18/17 85  
  W9MZH Gene Fisher 4/11/17 82  
  W9BRW Bob Rose 6/23/17 94  
  KB9OYX Bob Maughmer 2/6/18 89  
  WB9AA Ron Bush 4/24/18 64  
  W9TQA Julian Franke 4/27/18 78  
  KK9U Mark Junk 7/4/18 63  
  K9GXI Bob Zimmerman 7/9/18 88  
  W9WEL David Van Doorn 9/22/18 82  
  WB9FOC Jerry Prumm 12/17/18 72  
  KA9G John Rufner 12/22/18 69  
  AB9PC Kristy Anderson 12/25/18 41  
  W9AJD Gene Mount 2/13/19

90

 
  K9UV Bob Schram 3/1/2019 97  
  W9RDF Roger Flood 3/30/19 71  
  K4RMU Jim Hinchee 7/3/19 ~77  
  K9ZT Ken Helms 11/20/19 69  
  WA9WTJ Adolph Wozniak 5/22/20 94  
  W9AY Fredus Peters III 5/22/20 87  
  K9LLZ Jack Reiner 6/5/20 87  
  N9MEL Steve Haxby 6/9/20 72  
  N9WBE Ed Kimmel 7/14/20 69  
  WB9UNL Dave Keiser 10/2/20 72  
  KA9ZNN Henry Goulet 12/11/20 86  
  WB9HNW Don Voelker 1/15/21 81  
  K9DPU Mark Heuer 1/16/21 68  
  W9LSU Randy Sterling 1/16/21 77  
  W9KNP Dave Pyard 4/16/21 84  
  N9SJU Al Berry 3/23/21 99  
  KB9TUI Gary Gruesbeck 4/17/21 69  
  N9KNJ Ron Kaufman 6/5/21 63  
  WB9KQO Nelson Clark 6/15/21 81  
  KB9MDR Bill Shull 6/17/21 77  
  WB9QNE Bill Starn 10/13/21 78  
  K9EA Dan Michnay 6/21/22 84  
  WA9FVY Gene Mann 11/1/2022 84  
  KC9ZCF Jerry Buchan 4/8/23 84  
  N9BNB Barry Coe 6/28/2023 61  
  KA9FFZ Sue Holm 12/26/23 81  
  AB9RZ John Reitz 12/28/23 77  
  WB9UBF Gordon Mattoon 4/15/24 79  
  KD9ISV Richard Detommaso 5/45/24 75  
  W9GT

Jack Shutt
(founding member of ACARTS)

6/23/24 79  
  KD9NPL Jim Sampiere 10/10/24 58  
           

Note 1: Gene Williams, W9JBD 111/1/11 was the founder of the Murphy Repeater on 94 for many years here in Fort Wayne.
Note 2:  Although Jim Pembleton 8/20/12 was not a ham, he was well known to regional hams as the owner of Pembleton
Electronics for many years and active at many area hamfests.

If I have missed anyone, or if there are any errors, I apologize,
and would appreciate getting the correct or additional information,/
to keep this listing up to date.

n9ads(at)arrl.net

   
   
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