[QCWA] Services for SK Con Cocannon, K4RQ; The Navy Log's tribute to Con

[Richard Rucker]

Con's son, Chuck, has provided me the specifics on Con's services:

Sunday, 10 April:  viewing at
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   Demaine Funeral Home
   520 S. Washington
  Alexandria, VA
  703-549-0074

Monday, 18 April: burial at
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   Arlington National Cemetery

Service begins 9:00 a.m. at the Ft. Myer Chapel  (25 minutes)

Following that, a procession including a horse-drawn caisson, an honor  
guard, and a military band will escort Con's body to its final resting  
place.  The ceremony will conclude at 10:20 a.m.  (Yes, it is precisely  
timed and executed.)

Re: the certificate and plaque prepared by QCWA, Inc., to honor Con's  
85 years since he was first licensed as 6RQ in 1920:
   Chuck said that our chapter could present it to the family after the  
conclusion of the formal ceremony at 10:20.
   Since Con and I became close friends in recent years, I told Chuck I  
would feel honored to do that.

Chuck said the best way to the Chapel is to enter the main gate for the  
cemetery, ask for directions to the Ft. Myer gate, and find the parking  
for the Chapel which is just outside the Ft. Myer gate.

Chuck also told me that he'd found the box where Con kept all his ham  
licenses, including the one from 1920, that Con thought he had  
misplaced 5 years ago.  Also in the box  were Con's de Forest triode,  
which he used to build his first regenerative short-wave receiver, and  
his bug.  Chuck will be turning some of these over to me to find them a  
good home.

You can see this triode and some photos of Con here:

       <http://homepage.mac.com/rrucker/PhotoAlbum58.html>

Chuck also sent the link to the tribute posted by the U.S. Navy  
Memorial Foundation on their "Navy Log" website -- see below.

  By the way, Chuck's email address reflects the facts that he was born  
in the Canal Zone and that he graduated from college in 1959.

73, Dick Rucker, KM4ML
Vic Clark Chapter 91 secretary


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Zonian1959 at aol.com
> Date: March 3, 2005 6:22:30 AM EST
> To: rrucker at bellatlantic.net
> Subject: Check out The Navy Log
>
> Hi Dick here is the link I told you about---Chuck

<http://www.lonesailor.org/log.php? 
search=yes&navy_log_id=150086&lname_search=CONCANNON&fname_search=CHARLE 
S&page=1>