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SILENT KEYS

We Mourn Our Loss

We Celebrate Their Legacy


 

Don Blahnik Sr.
Bill Bliss
James W. Browning
Robert Casale
Jerry Craven
Don Darling
Ralph Davis
James Donahue
Donald E. Donner
Archie J. Edmiston
George Ellis
George Emsurak
Bob Flynn
Otto Freytag
Don Gardner
Theron Gato
Frank Gelornimo
Leonard Goodwin
William Goodwin, JR.
William A. Hockenberry
David Johnson
W. H. Johnson
Dick Leisy
George Manning
Bill McGlone
Tom Megargle
Don R. Middlestead
George M. Overmyer
Louise S. Overmyer
James R. Patton
Timothy Ponton
Art Riker
Pat Riley
Andrew Sallet
Charles Spenser
Rick Turner
Jim Wickham

 

Crossing the Bar

 

Sunset and evening star

And one clear call for me!

And may there be no moaning of the bar,

When I put out to sea.

 

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,

Too full for sound and foam

When that which drew from out the boundless deep

Turns again home.

 

 

 

Twilight and evening bell,

And after that the dark

And may there be no sadness of farewell

When I embark.

 

For though from out our bourne of Time and Place,

The flood may bear me far;

I hope to see my Pilot face to face

When I have crost the bar.

Alfred Tennyson

 

Jack Malchoff, Jr.

 

 

RMCS-Retired  Jack Malchoff, Jr., ZUT #1039, crossed the bar on Friday, November 16, 2007 after complications from surgery at the age of 64.

Jack was born to Jack, Sr. and Dorothy Malchoff on October 30, 1943. He graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1961 and went on to Texas A&M until he was drafted his Senior year into the United States Coast Guard. He was then deployed and served in the Vietnam War. He retired a Senior Chief Radioman for the Coast Guard and was a member of the Coast Guard CW Operators Association.

He was a Licensed Commercial Pilot. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles; an engineer, a member of the Texas Seed Growers Association. and involved in numerous organizations.

 


James (Jiggsy) Donahue

 


James (Jiggsy) Donahue/W1MPC RMC USCG (Ret), the official Ancient Communicator of the Coast Guard CW Operators Association  passed away at about 1510 local Saturday 31 July 2004 at Cape Cod Hospital. 
 
Those of us who had a close relationship with Jiggsy in both our personal lives and in Amateur Radio are left with a sorrow that is hard to express in words.  He certainly touched us in many ways.  His departure has left us with a lump in our throats and tears that are hard to hide.  Jiggsy was responsible for a lot of us being in Amateur Radio today.   It's hoped that he will have fair winds and a following sea on his final patrol.