According to Jeff, K4ZKU, Gene passed away of natural causes.
Gene will be missed by us all, the group is getting sadly smaller.
Those of us who were on Gene's e-mail list
will miss all the great jokes and stories he
came up with, not to mention missing him personally. Years ago he was a nightly regular on 1.858 and he always had a cheerful approach to life in general.
Gene and I were friends for over 25 years. I had an open invitation to drop by whenever I wanted to. In recent years, it seemed that one thing or another always seemed to interfere with me getting over to Gene's house to visit him. He was a great guy and friend. I'll miss him!