[QCWA Hotlist] Harvey Chase, W4TG now SK

[Ken Simpson, W8EK]

One of our QCWA members who is among those who held a ham license the 
longest is now a silent key.

Harvey Chase, W4TG, has been licensed for over 80 years, and was a 
strong supporter of QCWA.  At the Lawrenceville (Stone Mountain) GA 
hamfest this past fall, Harvey walked up to our QCWA booth and we had 
a very good chat.  Any way you look at it, when a 96 year old ham, 
licensed for over 80 years, can WALK to a hamfest booth, that is an 
accomplishment.  At that time, Harvey appeared in very good health.

Arrangements were made to present Harvey with his 80 year certificate 
at a meeting of one of the "regular" ham clubs in the Macon area, 
since there was not a QCWA chapter there.  At the same time, I would 
present info about QCWA, and recruit some new members.  However, 
Harvey's health deteriorated, and we were not able to make that 
presentation to him.  When he was in the hospital, he asked about it, 
and we decided to make the presentation posthumously, if needed, as a 
sort of memorial service for Harvey, and that is what will be done. If 
you are in the Macon GA area, maybe you will be able to attend that 
meeting.

Harvey's obit is included below.

Thanks.

73,

Ken, W8EK

Ken Simpson
QCWA National Director
E-mail to W8EK at FLHam.net or W8EK at arrl.net
Voice Phone  (352) 732-8400


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John Harvey Chase

John Harvey Chase -HADDOCK - John "Harvey" Chase, 96, died Tuesday, 
March 6, 2012. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, March 8, 
2012 at 4:00P.M. at Haddock Baptist Church with Dr. Ron McClung 
officiating. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to 
Haddock Baptist Church. -Mr. Chase was born in Illinois in 1915. He 
lived in St. Louis, Missouri from 1920 until 1940, attending Soldan 
High School and Missouri Technical School. A veteran of the United 
States Navy, he obtained the rank of Chief Warrant Officer, served in 
World War II and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. Mr. Chase was employed 
by the United States Army Signal Service from 1948 until 1970. He was 
stationed in Hawaii for five years and in Germany for two years. He 
served as government representative at ITT-Federal Laboratories in New 
Jersey in 1965 and was employed in Washington, DC from 1966 until 
1970. Mr. Chase retired from Federal Civil Service in 1970 and moved 
to Wayside,
  Georgia where he went into the printing business under the name of 
Wayside Press. He closed that business in 1985. His wife, Marion Bowen 
Chase, died in 1993. Mr. Chase was an avid Amateur Radio operator 
(W4TG) and a member of ARRL, QCWA, OOTC, AARP, and NARFE. He was a 
former member of VFW, Lions Club and the IEEE. Mr. Chase was a member 
of Haddock Baptist Church where he served as lesson leader of senior 
adult Sunday School Class H. -Mr. Chase is survived by his wife of 
eighteen years, Bessie Hackler Chase; daughters, Carol C. Collins and 
Joy C. Bolger, both of Northern Virginia and Dr. Gail C. Furman of 
Washington State University; four grandchildren; eight 
great-grandchildren; a step-daughter and a step-son. -Register on line 
at www.harts.mort.com. -Hart's Mortuary and Crematory, Cherry Street, 
has charge of arrangements.

Read more here: 
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/macon/obituary.aspx?n=john-harvey-chase&pid=156341082#storylink=cpy