[Qcwa] QCWA CHAPTER 162 Member W0WLN "BOB" is SK

[Jim Walsh]

Sorry to hear about this, and thank you.
73,

At 11:57 PM 3/30/04, you wrote:
>I have the task of informing you of the passing away of
>W0WLN Robert Jensen Maj. USAF (Ret) on March 23,2004.
>Bob was a P38 pilot in WWII, was shot down over Germany, suffered
>  severe burns on left side of his body, was in German Federal Prison
>  for 6 mos,then in two different POW camps.
>Married "Glady" in 1946, was first licensed in 1949, spent the rest
>of Air Force career in Colorado. Bob and Glady moved to Wi in 1986
>and he wrote 600 letters to hams in south east Wisconsin area to recruit
>  hams to start a chapter here. He was successful in that enough members
>  responded to allow the chartering of QCWA CH 162 in 1987. He served
>as Sec/Treas until Nov 2003. Bob was an Elmer to many, a VEC, and
>on the board of all the local ham clubs. He maintained weekly schedules
>with ham friends on HF until last fall.
>Bob was very active, the very personification of what an amateur
>should be in thought and actions.
>He will be very much missed.
>73 Ken N9NBC  Chapter 162 Sec/Treas   How do I get this on QCWA.ORG site
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Jim Walsh, W7LVN