I heard the news earlier. I had the honor of visiting Joop in 2006 when I was in Aruba. He had a beautiful home and was a collector or Morse code keys. He only worked CW and I have worked him many times over the years. He will be missed by all who knew him.
 
Ann WA1S

From: Mark Luhrman <w4svo@att.net>
To: secc@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:32 PM
Subject: [SECC] Fw: [FCG] P43JB SK

I am passing this on. Worked him in many contests.

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: "K1to@aol.com" <K1to@aol.com>
To: fcg@kkn.net; FCG-P@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, January 19, 2012 2:01:42 PM
Subject: [FCG] P43JB SK

QSP de AI6V:

It is our sad duty to report the passing of Johan  (Joop) Bok (P43JB) 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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