Many hams have given so very much to our hobby. In their passing, it seems unfair to only remember them with a simple callsign listing in the pages of QST or a quick note in a club newsletter. We hope to provide a method by which you can remember amateur radio operators that have contributed to our hobby.
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Donald Harry Brandes
Peekskill - Donald Harry Brandes, 93, a 66-year resident of Peekskill, passed away on August 22, 2018. He was a US Army Veteran of WWII. He was a licensed electrical contractor, worked at IBM and Arlo Industries, then retired as an electrician from the FDR VA Hospital in Montrose. He was an avid ham radio operator, call sign WA2EWP, a member of ARRL, and a member of the Peekskill Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Polly Leeds Brandes, 3 sons: Donald E. (Beth), Russell L., and William W. (Lynne), and 4 grandchildren. Graveside Memorial Services will be held at a later date. To offer condolences, donations, or for directions, please visit: eocurryfuneralhome.com.
E.O. Curry Funeral Home, Inc.
313 N. James St., Peekskill, NY
William J. Fisher, Jr. of St. Augustine, Florida, and former long-time resident of Armonk, New York, died on August 25. He was 97. Mr. Fisher was born in New York City to William and Agnes Fisher. He graduated from Townsend Harris High
School and attended City College. During World War II, he served as Flight Radio Officer on trans-Atlantic routes for Pan American Airways, the Army Transport Service (ATS), and the Navy Air Transport Service (NATS). In 1944 he married
Doris Lewis of Armonk, New York. Mr. Fisher was an active amateur radio operator (W2OC). In the 1960's, he worked for Grumman Aircraft in Bethpage, New York and help to design the communications system for the lunar excursion module (LEM) for the Apollo 11 mission. He retired in 1980 from the Westchester County Office of Disaster and Emergency Services where he was Communications Officer. In addition to his wife Doris, he is survived by his sister, Kit Nill, of Sequim, Washington, a son, William "Buff" Fisher (Lynda) of Armonk, New York, a daughter, Kathryn Schirmacher (Andrew) of St. Augustine, Florida, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Vitas Hospice during our father's final days. A private celebration of his life will be planned for a future date.
Published in St. Augustine Record on Sept. 1, 2018
William J. Fisher
Obituary
William J. Fisher, Jr. of St. Augustine, Florida, and former long-time resident of Armonk, New York, died on August 25. He was 97. Mr. Fisher was born in New York City to William and Agnes Fisher. He graduated from Townsend Harris High
School and attended City College. During World War II, he served as Flight Radio Officer on trans-Atlantic routes for Pan American Airways, the Army Transport Service (ATS), and the Navy Air Transport Service (NATS). In 1944 he married
Doris Lewis of Armonk, New York. Mr. Fisher was an active amateur radio operator (W2OC). In the 1960's, he worked for Grumman Aircraft in Bethpage, New York and help to design the communications system for the lunar excursion module (LEM) for the Apollo 11 mission. He retired in 1980 from the Westchester County Office of Disaster and Emergency Services where he was Communications Officer. In addition to his wife Doris, he is survived by his sister, Kit Nill, of Sequim, Washington, a son, William "Buff" Fisher (Lynda) of Armonk, New York, a daughter, Kathryn Schirmacher (Andrew) of St. Augustine, Florida, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Vitas Hospice during our father's final days. A private celebration of his life will be planned for a future date.
Published in St. Augustine Record on Sept. 1, 2018
| Lawrence A Damour, āSargeā N1PHV |
Larry was one of those people whose passing
leaves a bit of emptiness in the lives of all who
were fortunate enough to have him as a valued
friend. For ten years Larry worked with me
running the New England Amateur Radio Festival,
aka NEAR-Fest, at the Deerfield NH Fairgrounds.
He also worked with me in the radio
communications department at the annual
Deerfield Fair.
In his younger years Larry trained as an auto
mechanic and served in the US Army in Korea in
the late 1960s patrolling the DMZ where he was
exposed to Agent Orange resulting in the
illnesses that shortened his life. Later he was
accorded 100% service-related disability by the
VA.
Larry worked as a firefighter and EMT with the
Concord NH Fire Department for 25 years. He
also ran the annual military vehicle rally at Weare
NH for thirty years; the largest such gathering in
New England. He skillfully restored over sixty
scrapped M-151 JEEPs to like new condition.
We will never forget our good friend Larry......
On Friday, August 17th 2018, Larry Damour,
N1PHV, also known as āSargeā passed away
peacefully at home with his loving family at his
bedside.
Larry and I have been close friends for 22 years. I
met Larry at the Weare Rally in 1996 when some
buddies and I hauled up a huge pile of old military
radios that sold faster than we could take the
money. We both always remembered that day.
Larry was a Fire Warden and later Director of
Operations at the New England Amateur Radio
Festival, or NEAR-Fest, for ten years. He also
worked with me as Deputy Superintendent of
Radio Communications for seven years. I also
helped him in a very small way at the Weare
Rally. It was a pure pleasure to work with Larry.
He was highly competent and totally dependable.
Most important is he was fun to be with, always
laughing and joking around. Larry knew how to
have fun. We shared many an interesting
adventure together and enjoyed a lot of private
jokes that only we understood.
Larry was a brave firefighter and EMT who saved
many lives over his twenty-five year career with
the Concord (NH) Fire Department. He was a
true patriotic American and a proud New
Hampshire boy. He served his country proudly
and willingly when some did not. He was 100%
disabled but cheerfully played out the hand he
was dealt until the end. I never heard Larry
complain. He had a wonderful supportive and
loving family, wife Dottie, children Melanie, Larry
Jr and Timothy as well as two grandkids. He
thoroughly enjoyed his work and his hobbies. The
sixty plus M-151 JEEPS he lovingly restored are
only part of his legacy.
Larry was possibly the happiest man I ever met.
Everyone should be so fortunate to have a friend
like Larry Damour.......Larry touched so many lives
including mine. He may be gone from this earth
but he will never be gone from our memory. He
was a very unique individual. My life is a little bit
emptier now that he is gone.
NEAR-Fest XXIV (Oct 12th and 13th 2018) is
respectfully dedicated to Larryās memory.
My sincerest condolences to his family and many
many friends.
73 N1PHV, SK, de W1RC
Mister Mike
www.near-fest.com
Bob was a devoted Ham and loved working
HF talking to friends. He gave us 93
good years and will truly be missed by
friends and family.
Alan (Al) Veed was regular participant
in 75 and 40 meter nets in Southern New
Mexico and West Texas. Al was first
licensed in 1951 and a member of the
Chapter 64, QCWA. He will be missed by
all that knew him.
Heather received her Technician and General class licenses after a lot of study and a course taught by Gordon West in Alameda during the 2001 sailboat show at Oakland's Jack London Square. She needed a General class license so she could use our ship-board radio on our big sailing adventure.
Gordo had her sit right up front and used her as the brunt of all his jokes.
She did fine on the written exams but had some issues with the morse code.
Gordon's wife then reviewed her answers and discovered she had had one minute of perfect code, so the license was hers!
Gordo then had her send SOS into a pickle on two nails until it started boiling!
She passed from complications of ALS the morning after her 75th birthday.
She was also my wonderful wife for almost 27 years. I will miss her dearly for the rest of my life.
I'm very sorry to hear of the loss of your
wife.
Rusty, my heart and empathy goes out to you as I too am going through watching my wife being taken away by ALS. We just hold onto the great memories as you have so done with the story about Heather and Gordo. Peace my friend.
73,
Russ - W8ATA
Ray,
Was always a great contact and spent a lot of time on 14.185 every morning. We will miss him a lot.
I never had the pleasure to meet Ray in person but talked with him many times on 40 and 20 and even bought a couple of tuner's from him. Great guy and wealth of knowledge. We all will miss his voice and strong signal from Ca. The hobby has lost another good Ham. W6ZR and W6CCP were always fun to talk with and learn from these two big gun's. 73's Ray RIP.. Bob W5RG
Knew Ray for over twenty years and was the most gracious person on the 14.185 group. Always a big signal with his Quaggi antenna.
Ray's wit and humor will be missed.
Ray and I met on 40 meters. We had in common that we were both ex Navy Vets and old dudes from the Korean era service. Ray knew much about a lot and always was there for advice I
needed for my homebrew antenna projects. I miss Ray and his big moxon/Quagi antenna with a booming signal and pleasant qsos. I will miss Ray very much.
I used to talk to Ray, Jaybird, Seymour, Dale and all the other California kilowatts on 14.185 every morning. Great group! Definitely missed!
| Yasar Gocet TA3D |
A prominent Turkish amateur, TA3D Yasar, will be missed by the TA amateur radio community
Wife of W4MPY(QSLman) Mother of W5QDF and
a daughter and son that are not currently
licensed.
She died at home with loved ones,
peacefully from her Parkinson's
So sorry to hear this, old man. My
condolences, Godspeed and may she rest in
peace.
Ian had driven bus for Grays Harbor
Transit for over 25 years. He enjoyed
sports and enjoyed collecting sports
memorabilia. Ian also loved being a
licensed HAM radio operator. In over
30 years, he had spoken with people
from every continent and all IOTAs. He
was a member of ARRL (American Radio
Relay League). He was a good friend
and made me feel welcome when I first
moved to Ocean Shores.
| Don Hulick K2ATJ |
Ed kept the local vhf repeaters busy every morning on his commutes from the various medical facilities on his route. Ed not only held a doctoral degree in nursing, but recently became an attorney. He was a tireless worker always seeking information and learning endlessly. One of the good guys, Ed was a recent ham with a great attitude and a gift to all who met him. He loved his family and spoke with great affection of them on the air during every QSO. We will miss him.
LARRY WAS "THE BIG GUN" FROM WATERBORO MAINE. HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL THOSE THAT KNEW HIM.
WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER OUR DEAR FRIEND LARRY... WB1CIM....."THE BIG GUN" FROM WATERBORO MAINE.
LARRY loved ham radio, each day he hosted a net at
8:15 am on 3.913 MHz and then again on 1.860 during
winters, and 3.860 during the summers. His daughter
and son told me at his wake, that his very last words
were ā This is WB1CIM Waterboro Maineā. He served in
WWll, was a member of the Knight of Columbus, and
was active in his church during his life time. It was an
honor to know LARRY!.
Larry was more than a friend to me, Larry was my Elmer.
Larry and Ed, another friend of Larryās and mine, sponsored a Novice class at Massabesic High School night school in Larryās Waterboro in 1992.
I passed and that started a long friendship with RACES at York County EMA, antenna raising for the repeater up on THE HILL, trips to Larryās house for antennas and trouble shooting problems.
Larry had many stories from WWII, from his family in Littleton, NH through Massachusetts to Maine, and his friends along the way.
Larry supported the community, his church and those in need.
Larry loved going to the diner for his meals and it was a frequent meeting place.
Larry will be missed by all that knew him.
| Tommy David Stanfield N4WXS |
Tom David Stanfield (N4WXS), 55 of
Smithfield passed away on July 12,
2018, moving on to eternal rest with
his wife Dollie, who passed away on
June 20, 2018. Tommy was the loving
son of Jimmy Stanfield (Fran) of
Surry, VA and Marvella Hughes Ochs of
Jonesboro, TN. Tommy retired from
Isle of Wight County and enjoyed
working as an electrician, plumber and
HVAC technician. He also enjoyed
playing steel guitar with a local
band. He is survived by his parents;
sisters, Cynthia Catelluccio (Michael)
and Deborah Ann Ricker. A memorial
service will be held on Friday, July
20, 2018 at 6 p.m. at Littleās Funeral
Home, Smithfield. The family will
receive friends following the service
at the funeral home. Online
condolences may be registered at
www.littlesfuneralhome.com
Gene was one of those who never met a stranger. An avid CW operator, tried many of the modes available to us. Gene was proud of the times he spent as net control on 80 mtr CW.
Gene was an outdoorsman. Spent many years hunting and fishing with his sons and his XYL, Jo. He also toured much of the US on his beloved Honda Goldwing. RC modeling also was a favorite hobby.
| Rich Measures AG6K |
I met Rich in the mid-70's while in High School. He was part of the 40 Meter Combat Zone crowd that was so much fun. Rich was a great technical resource and helped countless hams with their amplifier projects. Rich wrote articles for QST Magazine and contributed to numerous technical forums on the Internet. He was extremely patient with those seeking knowledge and helped to develop the next generation of radio amateurs. I will miss his friendship, wisdom and passion for truth.
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