[FARC] SK: Doug Strobel, 20, of Damascus KB3HAM

[David Kindred]

Wow! That is terrible news. Doug was actually the first person I spoke with
on the radio, after I was licensed. I was a bit mic shy, but heard him
speaking on a local repeater and decided to give it a shot. I only talked
with him that one time, but he was very nice and made me feel at ease. I was
grateful that he made my first QSO so easy.

I'll pray for comfort for his family in their devastating loss.

73,

--David, K3PO 

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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:04 PM
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Subject: [FARC] SK: Doug Strobel, 20, of Damascus KB3HAM



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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:21 PM
Subject: [PVRC] SK: Doug Strobel, 20, of Damascus KB3HAM


> Doug KB3HAM.
> 
> Douglas Donald Strobel, 20, of Damascus and
> Denver, Colo., died suddenly in his sleep on 
> Friday, less than a week after returning to college from winter break.
> 
> Born Nov. 18, 1988, he was the son of David
> Strobel of Mount Airy and Cynthia D. Strobel of Damascus.
> 
> David Strobel said his son was not feeling well
> Thursday and visited a doctor. Douglas returned 
> home, went to bed and never woke up, his father said.
> 
> Douglas Strobel was the only survivor of a set of
> triplets born 16 weeks early. However, the oxygen 
> he needed to survive robbed him of his eyesight. 
> But he never allowed his blindness to rob him of a normal life.
> 
> At the time of his death he was a freshman at
> Metropolitan State College of Denver majoring in 
> hotel management after spending a year at the 
> Colorado Center for the Blind independence 
> program. He learned to cook, clean, shop, handle 
> money and maneuver the public transportation 
> system by himself, his father said.
> 
> "In one year of college he was a totally independent person," he said.
> 
> He made many friends who counted on him to
> coordinate their weekend restaurant dates and the 
> best travel routes, David Strobel said.
> 
> "Doug will be remembered most for making people
> see beyond his disability, making them laugh and 
> seeing the humor in any situation," he said.
> 
> Strobel graduated from Damascus High School in 2007.
> 
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