[NCC] W3GH obit

[Tim Duffy]

Yes, the announcement was on cq-contest a few weeks ago

73
Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Breakall [mailto:jimb at psu.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2017 10:17 PM
To: k3lr at k3lr.com; 'North Coast Contesters'; 'George'; 'Koch, Phillip';
'Donald A. Karvonen'; 'Tim Jellison'
Subject: Re: [NCC] W3GH obit

Thanks Tim.

I am still very sad about GH's passing

Has anyone put it on contesting.com yet?

Dayton will never be the same.

73  Jim  WA3FET

On 11/1/2017 8:09 PM, Tim Duffy wrote:
> Robert W. King, 86, of Apollo, passed away Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, at
> Concordia at Rebecca Residence, in Allison Park. He was born Aug. 3, 1931,
> in Edmond, Pa., the son of the late Earl W. and H. Margaret Schall King.
> Before his retirement in 1993, he was employed by Alcoa Technical Center
in
> Upper Burrell as a laboratory technician with more than 40 years of
service.
> He is a 1949 graduate of Bell Township High School. Bob was an Air Force
> veteran, having served during the
>
<http://www.legacy.com/memorial-sites/korean-war/?personid=187109376&affilia
> teID=3689> Korean War, where he achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant. He
was
> a life member of the NRA, life member of the ARRL, holding the amateur
radio
> call letters W3GH for more than 60 years, a member of the NMLRA for more
> than 50 years, a member of Lodge No. 617 Free and Accepted Masons of
> Vandergrift, member of the AASR in Coudersport, Pa., for more than 50
years,
> member of AAONMS in Cheswick for more than 50 years, member of the Skyview
> Radio Society in New Kensington for more than 50 years, a life member of
>
<http://www.legacy.com/memorial-sites/vfw/?personid=187109376&affiliateID=36
> 89> VFW Post 92 in New Kensington, and a life member of the American
Legion
> Post 868 in Lower Burrell. He is survived by two children, Jeffery A. King
> and his wife, Debra, of Pittsburgh, and Jodi K. Cantler and her husband,
> Donald, of Rising Sun, Md.; two grandchildren, Kayleigh (King) Fontana and
> her husband, Nate, and Courtney Rabi and her husband, Neil, and two
> great-grandchildren, Ayden and Liam Fontana, all of Pittsburgh; a brother,
> William R. King, of Avonmore; two sisters, Helen May, of Washington
> Township; and Patricia Almes and her husband, Michael, of Blacklick. In
> addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Jill King,
in
> 2016.
> Family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017,
> in the KELLY L. CORRIDONI FUNERAL HOME LTD., 1916
>
<https://maps.google.com/?q=1916+Moore+Ave.,+North+Apollo&entry=gmail&source
> =g>  Moore Ave., North Apollo. Services will be conducted at noon in the
> funeral home with the Rev. Thomas Holmes officiating. An honor guard
service
> and interment will follow in Edgewood Cemetery, Saltsburg.
> In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Legion. To view
> and send online condolences, please visit our website at
> <http://www.corridonifuneralhomes.com/> www.corridonifuneralhomes.com.
>
> Published in The Valley News Dispatch on Nov. 1, 2017
>
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