Allen County Amateur Radio Technical Society

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 K9YRS Jack Fisher     W9FMF Art Johnson     W9FMJ Van Bowman     W9JOQ Ray Yeranko     W9JRR Bob Stone     W9JSM Bob Bernhardt     W9MDC Charlie Miser     W9PMT Bob Witte     W9PRO Hap Norton     W9PWZ Ed Hildabrand     WB9BEZ/N9OJ John Stiltner     W9EKN Glenn J. Bechtold  5/29/1965 53 W9INX Ed Rehberg 7/1/1970   WA9SDO Chuck Guinup                             (founding member of ACARTS) 1/1/1975   K9FZX Annabel Thomson  6/4/1983 66 N9EV Everett K. Leitch  10/15/1985 68 KA9GZK William C. "Bill" Thomson Jr 10/27/1990 73 W9KLS Phillip E. Lemmon  1/25/1992 84 KA9JJB Mary R. Callahan  9/23/1992 70 W9PIN Earl F. Bohling  5/5/1995 90 N9ONY Eugene L. Vogely  4/17/1997 67 KA9STX John A. Arter   8/13/1998 79 W9ESK Herbert R. Weaver  9/21/1998 68 KA9IHA John (Bob) Capin 12/1/1998   N9SYE Bill Jones Sr 12/3/1998 67 N9EBK Doris L. Smith  2/19/1999 69 N9DWU John Tripcony  3/8/1999 76 W9FPK William R. "Bill" Schane  9/17/1999 70 WB9HNL John "Koontz" Melching 12/1/1999 85 KA9VBS Lois A. O’ Neil  1/6/2000 73 W9YGY E. William "Bill" Easterday 4/22/2000 70 N9MFO James Weldon 9/13/2000 79 KB9DV Carl Vinyard 10/30/2000 78 N9MKB Cliff Shrieve II 11/1/2000 48 NG9M Raymond O'Neil 8/15/2001 78 WA9EZP Irene Kennedy 9/19/2001 84 W6RDJ John B. Harmon 10/20/2001 84 W9GHA (WB9SDP) Robert "Bob" Bontempo 11/25/2001   KB9HIO Mary "Rose" Rose 3/16/2002 81 WA9ALY Homer Evans 5/28/2002   N9UBB Marian "Mimi" Girod 6/22/2002   W9LE Lew Kester 7/30/2002 83 NG9K Lewis "Vern" Heck 8/30/2002 88 KB9UBS Robert G. Mosher 9/26/2002 57 N9FNV Eugene F. Morr 10/27/2002 84 WB9DAE Clarence "Bill" Hessler 1/5/2003 84 WB9JJN John Rinehart 1/16/2003 91 K9CR Cliff Riley 3/26/2003   W9JJX Al Moore 6/6/2003   WB9ULN Charlie Willer 1/27/2004 49 WB9UYT Gary Reece 2/16/2004   W9TDU Charles Cook 2/21/2004   W9KFT James Norton 3/6/2004 79 WA9RJN Steve Loeschner 3/17/2004 53 K9KI Ray Cronin 4/26/2004 67 N9XPB Bob Hire 6/3/2004 66 WD9HII Bill Hall 6/23/2004 69 KA9FFT Dave Smith 11/2/2004 67 KB9JBR Carole Streeter 11/14/2004 66 KA9TCT Irv Weigel 12/25/2004 72 N9NRL John P. "Jack" Moran 6/21/2005 78 K9DNN Mel Stuart 6/26/2005 79 K9RKA Bill Trulock 7/3/2005 64 KB9JVK Shirley Miller 11/26/2005 70 WD9FAQ Al Waters 1/12/2006 58 K9JMT Walter Johnson 1/25/2006 90 WA9YOF Jack Druckemiller 4/6/2006 83 WE9G Max A. Kimble 6/5/2006 84 N9DOQ Albert L. Volz 6/28/2006 76 W9TC Ted Clifton 9/27/2006 96 W1QWW (ex W9FXV) Arnold Fountain 7/1/2007 80 N9KXL Glenn W. Wilson 8/13/2007 81 W9FJT Bob Sievers 9/7/2007 90 K9EBZ John G. Smith 10/19/2007 78 N9NRO Carl Rittenhouse 12/19/2007 65 KE9T Bill Thomas 12/23/2007 81 K9LSB Jack Forbing 2/29/2008 63 KC9EEC Brian Thornhill 11/8/2008 51 N9AVR Walt Wood 12/27/2008 72 W9FWI Jack Carter 7/17/2009 80 N9NAI Bill Meints 9/14/2009 73 N9UKF Jeffrey Patterson 10/29/2009 51 N9VXV Wayne Pinckney 2/4/2010 51

If I have missed anyone, I apologize, and would appreciate getting the
information to add them here.

wb8hqs(at)arrl.net