Very sad news.
I had an opportunity to meet Joop two years ago and borrow one of his bicycles
to tour the island.
He will be missed.
Denny, KX7M
On Jan 19, 2012, at 18:11 , Andrew Faber wrote:
> Yes, Joop and Yvonne have been extremely hospitable to visiting hams on
> Aruba. I and others using the P40L-P49Y station would get together with
> them on every trip, and have fond memories of drinking Heinekens and
> Balashis (Aruban beer) on his outdoor patio.
> There are some pix of Joop (and his key collection and very complex shack)
> on our website: http://arubaqth.com/social.html
> He will be greatly missed.
> 73, andy ae6y, p49y
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Coker
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:55 PM
> To: w5ov@w5ov.com
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] P43JB SK
>
> Joop hosted my wife and I to food and HF operation during our honeymoon
> trip to Aruba. He and his wife took us in as family without knowing
> anything about us except that I was a fellow ham interested in learning
> about the island and operating HF. Ten years later we still bring up our
> honeymoon trip that was made so much more pleasant by the Bok family.
>
> I could often hear him operating CW, in QSO, during my morning hours on the
> west coast. Joop had a collection of keys proudly displayed in his home and
> was quite the CW aficionado. I'm very sad to hear about his passing.
>
> 73,
>
> Tim / N6WIN.
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:04 AM, <w5ov@w5ov.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> QSP de AI6V:
>>
>> It is our sad duty to report the passing of Johan (Joop) Bok at
>> approximately 17:00 GMT today, Thursday, January 19, 2012.
>>
>> He had a severely infected kidney. When the doctors tried to remove it,
>> they found the area surrounding it full of infection, so they could not
>> remove the kidney.
>>
>> His wife, Yvonne, and daughter, Barbara, Sue, myself and Lisandro, P43L,
>> were with him when he passed away.
>>
>> He was a hell of a guy and will be sorely missed.
>>
>> Services are pending.
>>
>> Please include this announcement in all of the appropriate reflectors.
>>
>> 73 Carl AI6V/P49V
>>
>>
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