[QCWA] Charles "Con" Concannon, K4RQ: obituary was in Washington Post for 13 March, p C8

[Richard Rucker]

"Charles Fred Concannon, 98, a retired Navy commander and 
communications officer who did personnel work in the 1960s for 
Technical Materiel Corp. in Alexandria, died Feb. 12 in the nursing 
unit of the Fairfax retirement home at Fort Belvoir.  He had congestive 
heart failure.

"Cmdr. Concannon was born in Richmond, Calif., and served in the Naval 
Reserve in the 1930s.  He served on active duty from 1940 to 1961, when 
he retired as commanding officer of the communications station in 
Cheltenham [Maryland].  He was a veteran of World War II.  He settled 
in the Washington area in 1961.

"His memberships included the Mason and the Quarter Century Wireless 
Association.

"His wife of 65 years, Mildred Gossman Concannon, died in 1999.  
Survivors include a son, Charles F. Concannon, Jr., of Chantilly, a 
granddaughter, and a great-granddaughter."


To my mind, this obit does not due the life of the man I knew justice.  
On the QCWA Vic Clark Chapter 91's website, there's a folder of 
downloadable files.  You can get to it by clicking on this address:

           <http://homepage.mac.com/rrucker/FileSharing24.html>

Once there, drill down through these folders:

   biographies of chapter members >> Silent Keys >> Chas Concannon, K4RQ 
 >>   Chas Concannon's story.rtf

This file in Rich Text Format (RTF) is an "as told to" biography 
prepared from several discussions that Con and I had several years ago.

Dick Rucker, KM4ML
Secretary
QCWA Vic Clark Chapter 91