[QCWA] Fw: Revised obit: John Smith W4ACG (SK)

[Bob Roske]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "walt supina" <wsupina at gmail.com>
To: "roske" <broske at hutchtel.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:06 PM
Subject: Revised obit: John Smith W4ACG (SK)



>for reflector please.



walt N3WS


>John Van Dorn Smith 78, died April 10, 2010 of
>injuries sustained in an auto accident that same day.
>
>John was born 05/30/31 in New York and moved to Florida permanently in 1964.
>
>He is survived by his wife, Barbara B Smith and
>children Katherine (Kym) E. Lundy of Seminole,
>John M. Smith of Gulfport, and Susan M. Sams of
>Pinellas Park, and grandchildren Jacob John
>Smith, Kiya Marie Sams, Emma Lee Ming Chan
>Lundy, Corey Antonio Sams, and Croix Van Dorn
>Smith, his brothers Joseph in New Jersey and
>Leonard in New York, as well as Fluffy, his
>beloved Puli. Surviving cousins include Florence
>Shepard of Pennsylvania and Houghton C. Smith of
>Michigan. He was preceded in death by his
>parents, Landon (Jack) Smith and Elizabeth Chadbourne Smith.
>
>John served in the United States Navy. He was a
>member of the Disabled American Veterans and the
>Paralyzed Veterans Association.
>
>John became interested in radios and other
>communication devices as a young boy and
>remained an active collector and fan of old
>radios throughout his life. He earned his
>amateur radio operator license, call W4ACG, in
>1953. John was a long term member of the Antique
>Wireless Association, the Quarter Century
>Wireless Association, and The Tube Collectors.
>His other loves were boats and old cars. He
>remained an active boater his entire life,
>taking family members out on Sunbeam the week of
>his death. He was a member of the Antique
>Automobile Club of America and the
>Cadillac-LaSalle Club. His â?T61 Caddy will be
>at the memorial service, â?oif she starts.â?
>
>Although not a true fan of opera, John opened
>his home and his heart to visiting artists and
>musicians of the St Petersburg Opera and
>delighted in all their activities from first
>rehearsals through post-performance celebrations.
>
>Memorial service will be at Brett Funeral Home,
>4810 Central Ave, St Petersburg, at 11:00 a.m.
>on Saturday, April 24. Interment of cremains
>will be done at Bay Pines Cemetery on an
>undetermined future date. In lieu of flowers,
>the family requests any donation be given to St
>Petersburg Opera or to a charity of the
>donorâ?Ts choice. Brett Funeral Home & Cremation Services.
>
>
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