[Fists] Bill Pierpont, Silent Key

[Nancy Kott]

As many of you know, Bill Pierpont was the author of The Art and Skill of
Radio-Telegraphy. His generous gesture of distributing this book freely on
the Internet and published at no profit to himself, allowed this
inspirational and educational publication to be enjoyed by hams all over the
world.  He made a major contribution to Amateur Radio and will be missed.

I received this email from Bill's brother this morning.
73
Nancy

Dear special Friends of my bother Bill Pierpont, N0HFF

This morning, Enid called to tell me that Bill is no longer suffering and
is now safe in the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. His upward
call & home-going was at about 6:15 Central Standard Time, February 20,
2003. For his Amateur Radio friends, Bill became a Silent Key at about
1215 UTC.

At this point, no funeral arrangements have been made until his daughter
Jocelyn arrives. I will forward that information when it becomes available.
My plans are presently uncertain.

If you wish to send any messages by mail:

Mrs. Enid Pierpont
2418 N. Fountain
Wichita, KS 67220
USA

There is no E-mail capability.

Please pray for Enid and Jocelyn for comfort and peace during these
difficult times ahead.

I want to express my personal "Thanks" to the many of you, who have sent
many kind messages through me and also, to those of you who kept Bill and
Enid in your daily prayers, that God's great grace would be "entirely
sufficient".

Bill's Christian life and witness in his own community, and to the
Christian world was to the glory of Almighty God.  Through his skillful
Biblical research and language expertize, Bill co-authored publication
some years ago of the first "genuinely new" book in a century: "The New
Testament in the Original Greek according to the Byzantine/Majority
Textform".  He continued to assist in further similar efforts until his
health no longer permitted that activity.

His technical talent and contributions in the field of aircraft
structural dynamics and flight safety were very "pertinent". Similarly,
his contributions in the Amateur Radio 'world' have been "very
significant" with his unique research and the publication of his
excellent book "The Art & Skill of Radio-Telegraphy", which has been
translated and published in several languages already.

Though the Family sorrows with his ascension to Glory, the world has been
positively impacted by his life and contributions.

With loving regards to all of you and 73, but KLU is now needed!

Bill's "lil" brother Ken, KF4OW
Yorktown, VA