[SFDXA] Fwd: Don Search - W3AZD - Silent Key

Thu Mar 26 12:54:35 EDT 2020

So sorry to hear of this news ....he always called on the local RPT coming thru Daytona Beach area and  Ormond Beach.

RIP DON

Wild Bill ( WB ) N2WB 

> On Mar 26, 2020, at 12:32, Richard gillingham <rmoodyg at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>  Don was always there.  Always the first to answer on the repeater, always at meetings, lunches,... Wherever hams met,.
> He is missed.
> RIP.
> 73Gil, W1RG
>    On Thursday, March 26, 2020, 12:10:39 PM EDT, Randy Shirley <wil9926 at bellsouth.net> wrote:  
> 
> Wow. So sorry to hear.
> 
> Don was a terrific asset to our club, the amateur community, and the 
> community as a whole.
> 
> He will be greatly missed at our club meetings and outings.
> 
> I will be praying for Hope.  She has a great burden to bear at this time.
> 
> RIP Don.
> 
> Randy
> N4QV
> 
>> On 3/26/2020 11:58 AM, Kai wrote:
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>> *_Donald Search - W3AZD - SK
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>> _*
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>> It is with much sadness that I report that Donald Search, W3AZD, 
>> resides no longer on Earth for us to enjoy. Happily, he has been given 
>> to God for his Eternal care now. I was informed by his nephew, Fred 
>> Reed, this morning that his uncle passed away between 2 and 3 am March 
>> 26, 2020 as a hospice patient at Wilton Manors Rehab Center. Don had 
>> long struggled with health issues related to a fall where he hit his 
>> head on a table at a restaurant on December 17, 2019.
>> 
>> Don was enamored of Amateur radio most of his life and worked as a 
>> Electronic Technician for Burrows Communications in Maryland among 
>> other businesses. He served in the ARRL in Connecticut as 
>> Administrator for the DXCC Award for 15 years. Per Hope, he took care 
>> of QSL for many, many years too.
>> 
>> Among some of his side interests, Don enjoyed reading about Astronomy. 
>> Being devoted to the care of Hope for over 55 years, and being a 
>> member of several clubs for Amateur Radio and traveling from one Ham 
>> Fest or another, occupied most of his retirement in Florida. He had 
>> many friends all over the Northeast of this country as well as locally.
>> 
>> It is impossible to recreate a life in a few paragraphs so I shall not 
>> try at this juncture. I will simply say with pride that I knew Donald 
>> Search and was very pleased to know him. I will look for him in the 
>> stars and hear his voice saying “W3AZD” for much longer.
>> 
>> Arrangements have not been made to my knowledge thus far but if and 
>> when I do find out what is being done, I will pass the word on. 
>> Meanwhile, it would be such a kindness if you pray for his longtime 
>> partner, Hope Smith, and possibly drop her a line or card to my 
>> address  in my care so I may make sure she gets it. The address is:
>> 
>> Hope Smith
>> c/o Melanie Fernandez
>> 4860 NW 3 ST, Apt D
>> Delray Beach, FL. 33445.
>> 
>> I do not know at this time where Hope will be residing in the near 
>> future and I want to make sure the mail gets to her. Thank you for 
>> every prayer that went upon Don’s behalf. I am sure God heard them.
>> 
>> Melanie Fernandez, KJ4VCT
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