[QCWA Hotlist] Bill Hawley – W6ZRZ - SK

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Bill Hawley – W6ZRZ -  SK 

Bill Hawley, W6ZRZ, passed away  suddenly on the morning of Sunday October 
3rd. He was climbing the outside  stairs to a neighbor’s apartment when he 
tumbled off the balcony onto the  concrete below suffering a fatal 
concussion. Bill had turned 87 years old on  April 21st of this year and was an active 
ham for well over 60 years,  many years as an Extra Class … he was a great 
CW operator.  It was a shock to all that knew him.  Bill leaves his daughter 
Debra, and his son Jim, and many many friends.  
Bill was one of the charter  members of the DARN repeater system dating 
back to the 60’s. He was always  available on the repeater to provide help in 
many forms, including traffic  advisories, various system checks, and the 
frequent sports scores. Any time you  came on the system and called “Zurz?”, 
he would reply “Yeeeesss?” Bill helped  maintain the DARN system by going 
along on many hill trips, and always giving  input on what was happening. Bill 
also ran the QCWA VHF/UHF weekend net every  Sunday morning on the DARN 
system. He had been running that net since the 70’s  and it had quite a 
following both on the air and through EchoLink.  
In recent years, Bill would make  his morning trip every weekday to the 
Joslyn senior center in Burbank for a few  games of pool, and the great lunch 
they always provided. Sadly, in September he  lost his driver’s license, and 
we had arranged and were helping him get ready to  move to the Evergreen 
Retirement home in Burbank on November 1st, where he would  have had his own 
room, three good meals, and transportation to wherever he  wanted … and he 
could have taken Chessie, the cat he loved so much. I am so  sorry we missed 
that opportunity; it would have been a good move to a great  place. By the way 
we were able to find a good home for Chessie … Bill would  approve. 
Bill was a great guy, and will be  greatly missed by everyone that knew him 
…. There is definitely a hole in our  world that cannot be filled. 
Very Best 73 OM ….
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Dick McKay
_Dick at McKay.org_ (mailto:Dick at McKay.org)