In Memory Of Our Silent Keys
My chair is sitting empty.
My call's no longer heard
My radio rests quietly.
From it comes no words.
On my shack door is a message.
That reads "From Me to Thee"
My frequency's much higher now
I've become a Silent Key
Judy Hudson KC9CCJ
In Memory of past DeForest ARC Members
William 'Bill' Applegate W8EKG - 1983
Mike Bailey AB8AM - November 2007
Glenna Blackburn KC8JXD - January 2002
Norma Jean Boone KB8QNR - January 2002
William 'Bill' Brodt WA8UHE
Erwin 'Erv' Carrigan KA8EKG - December 1992
Faye Carrigan KA8QWZ - March 1998
Kenny Fulton KB4MVF
James Harmon KB8YEX - July 2005
Garry Howard N8SVW
Paul Howelett EMA Director - June 2005
Tom Hurley WA8VVC
Henry Jones NB8BVK - March 1998
Isaac Jones WA8WOB & Mary Jones
Charlie Kendall KC4VGF - February 1998
Noel Kennedy KD4LJN - December 2000
Terry Kidder - December 1996
Harold King K8YGV - club founder
Nadine Lewis KB8SCW - April 2002
Gene Liggett W8ON
Peggy McDowell - December 1997
Ben Metcalfe, JR AC4KO - January 1999
Earl Paquette WA8YIQ - January 2007
Herb Penn NQ8X
John Pitcher K8RJ
Donald Ramsey K8DN
Joe Rogers KB8VPR - November 2007
Edgar Rohrback KB8VBG - September 1998
Charles Schumacher Jr. KB8BDL
Ben Searle - KC4UXA - November 1992
Robert Stratton WA8CFX - August 1993 - club founder
Bob Warner KW4BJ - February 2005
Thomas Webb N8WBU - 2001
Paul Whitehead KQ4TN - January 2005
Forever we will remember them, and hold them in our hearts as Silent Keys
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The Silent Key Memorial and the poem "In Memory Of Our Silent Keys"
was created by Judy Hudson KC9CCJ and is used on the DeForest ARC Memorial page with her permission