[QCWA Hotlist] 2018-002 - QCWA Vice President Larry McCalvy, WA9JMO - Silent Key

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February 13, 2018

 From QCWA Headquarters

QCWA Bulletin 2018-002 - QCWA Vice President Larry McCalvy, WA9JMO - Silent Key

It is with sadness we report the passing of QCWA #22151, Lawrence R. 
(Larry) McCalvy, WA9JMO of Racine, WI on February 6, 2018 at the age 
of 79 at the Froedtert Hospital of cancer complications.

McCalvy served as QCWA Director from 2007 to 2012, and then elected 
to Vice President in 2012, and served in this position up to his death.

He was first licensed in September of 1963 as WN9JMO, at the age of 
25, and upgraded to General in July of 1964 as WA9JMO. He became a 
QCWA Life Member in 1988.

 From 1976 to 1978 he was editor of a 14-club Amateur Radio 
publication called the Hamateur and has written sporadic articles for 
other Ham journals and Senior magazines.

Larry and his wife Wendy, N9PAC lived on a 44-acre Equestrian Horse 
Boarding Ranch in Racine, Wisconsin and ran a horse boarding stable 
for 30 years in Caledonia. When not heavily engaged in "Horse" 
chores, the McCalvy's enjoy traveling to foreign lands with Russia 
topping the list as the most favorite place. As well, any place a 
cruise ship stopped ranked high on their list. He organized QCWA 
cruises in 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013.

McCalvy served three-years with the United States Marine Corps 
1955-1958, and retired from the Army Reserves in 1998, the same year 
he retired from the Trucking Industry.

He actively participated in local organizations and served on the 
Tri-County Library Board, as well a photographer for the Racine 
Volunteer Center. He served as President of the Lakeshore Repeater 
Association and was the Founder of the Amateur Radio League of 
Wisconsin. With his help the Caledonia Historical Society moved an 
early twentieth century train station from Sturtevant to the park on 
5 Mile Road in Caledonia.

He helped upwards of seven groups apply for and receive their 
501(c)(3) statuses. In the 90s he was trustee on the Caledonia Town 
Board, championing small business development. He was the President 
of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Council, a consortium of all military 
branches, which was the only Wisconsin group to march in Bill 
Clinton's inaugural parade.

McCalvy served in the Marine Corps and subsequently in the Army 
Reserves as a career counselor. A memorial service for Larry is being 
planned for late February.

73,
Ken Oelke, VE6AFO
President, Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc.