In Memoriam: Honoring Our Silent Keys

We humbly dedicate this page to the cherished members of ACARTS who have gracefully become “Silent Keys.” Though they are no longer with us, their contributions to the amateur radio community and their camaraderie will forever resonate in our memories and logbooks. We remember them with respect and gratitude. – 73s

Call	Name	Date of passing	Age	Notes
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	1/1/75		founding member of ACARTS
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	3/1/19	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
W9OWO	Jack Dold	3/13/22	85
K9EA	Dan Michnay	6/21/22	84
WA9FVY	Gene Mann	11/1/22	84
KC9ZCF	Jerry Buchan	4/8/23	84
N9BNB	Barry Coe	6/28/23	61
KA9FFZ	Sue Holm	12/26/23	81
AB9RZ	John Reitz	12/28/23	77
WB9DLC	Michael Barrell	3/3/24	69
WB9UBF	Gordon Mattoon	4/15/24	79
KD9ISV	Richard Detommaso	5/45/24	75
W9GT	Jack Shutt	6/23/24	79	Founding member of ACARTS
W9FS	Jerry Daughtery Sr.	8/22/24	80
KD9NPL	Jim Sampiere	10/10/24	58
KD9NIV	John Lazaro	12/24/24
K9LCZ	Martin Husar	1/28/25	91
WA9SNV	Mark Ellsworth	2/17/25	74
K9JDF	Bernie Holm	2/22/25	86
N9MR	Mark Wrayburn Reese	4/25/25	67
WB9IHR	Tom Trowbridge Sr.	6/20/25	88
WA9RDL	Laurel J. Short	6/23/25	94

Note 1: Gene Williams, W9JBD 11/1/11 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.