[OKDXA] Mike Schenkel, W5VXU - SK

[Jerry Chouinard]

Gene:

Thank you Sir for the information on Mike. May God be with him and his family.

Mike was indeed dedicated to Amateur Radio to the day he passed away. Unfortunately too many of our Brothers and Sisters are becoming SKs nowadays. Mike's efforts as the W5 Bureau manager were stellar.

Gene, my personal thanks and the thanks of so many in 5 land for picking up the torch. You are to be commended.

RIP Mike Schenkel and may God Bless his family.

Jerry, -K5YAA

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 16, 2017, at 7:23 AM, W5 BURO <w5buro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Fellow club members,
> It is with sadness that I send along this obituary.  As I have said in the
> past, Mike, W5VXU, was a very dedicated man to our great hobby, serving 6
> years as the W5 Incoming Bureau Manager.
> I have tried several times to send this from my beggstelco.net email and
> it has bounced.  It seems that beggstelco may have gotten on a spam list
> somewhere and has been blocked.
> You will be missed, Mike.  Rest in peace.
> 73,
> Gene
> 
> 
> 
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> Subject: Mike Schenkel Obituary
> Date:    Sat, April 15, 2017 10:33 pm
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> Meinhardus "Mike" Klaas Schenkel passed away peacefully at his home in
> Hobart OK on 13 April 2017 at age 83. He was born on November 11,1933 in
> Wildervank, Groningen, The Netherlands.  He is survived by his wife of 64
> years Annie (Pryor) Schenkel, children: Barbara (Tom) Diehl of St. Louis
> MO, Susan (David) Colston of Kansas City KS, and Rieks Schenkel
> of Altus OK, a sister Jeanne (Dick) Olson of Pittsboro NC and many
> grandchildren and great-grandchildren across the US. He was preceded in
> death by a son Michael Henry Schenkel, his parents Hinderikus and Nantje
> (Niemeijer) Schenkel of Escondido CA, and brother Klaas Schenkel.
> Mike came to the US from The Netherlands with his family in 1950.  After
> graduating from high school, he joined the US Air Force and retired in
> 1973 as a MSgt, serving in Communications for over 20 years in Germany,
> Turkey, Greece, and various places in the US. His passions were Ham
> Radio (he was a life member and in 2015 Ham of the Year of OK DX
> Association) as W5VXU, a Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) member and
> was Librarian for the Radio Tube Library, Â family genealogy, and
> soccer. He was a School Bus Driver for the Altus School District for
> over 13 years. He excelled in anything he tried, could build and fix
> anything, even raising the roof and adding a 2nd story to his home. He
> will be missed by many.
> The public is invited to the People's Cooperative Funeral Home, 1400 W.
> Main in Lone Wolf OK from Noon to 8 pm on Wednesday, 19 April 2017 with
> the funeral service in the Chapel of People's Cooperative on Thursday,
> April 20th at 3 pm with military honor guard service and burial
> immediately following at Rose Cemetery in Hobart OK.
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