K3WF Sikent Key

K3WF Walter Fleet is Silent Key, 2011

 

My Condolences.

I have changed his QRZ page to show he is Silent Key, ans sent a copy of his Obituary to the ARRL so they can Honor him in an upcoming QST issue.

Walter R. Fleet, K3WF SK

SK July 14, 2011

Walter Richards Fleet Jr., 85, of Coudersport, died July 14, 2011 at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport.

Born on June 28, 1926 in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of Walter Sr. and Beatrice Jones Fleet. On Aug. 18, 1956 at the First Presbyterian Church in Nanticoke, he married Shirley Jean Rees, who survives.

Mr. Fleet was a resident of Coudersport for many years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving from 1944-1946. He graduated from the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada; worked as a textbook salesman, and later taught high school history in Potter and McKean counties until his retirement.

He was a member of Eulalia Lodge No. 342, Coudersport Consistory (recipient of the MSA Award and the 33rd Degree), Headwaters Amateur Radio Club, and was active in Park United Methodist Church, Coudersport, being a longtime member of the chancel choir and serving on numerous committees in the church and the district. He was a faithful volunteer at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital with 4,000-plus hours.

Surviving are his wife, and his sister Barbara Mathews of Chevy Chase, Md., as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends were received at the Fickinger Funeral Home, where a Masonic service was performed at 8pm following visitation. Services were held at the Park United Methodist Church with the Rev. Scott Ogden officiating. Burial was in the Eulalia Cemetery, Coudersport, with military rites accorded by the Potter County Honor Guard.

Memorials may be made to Park United Methodist Church, 15 E. 3rd St. Coudersport PA 16915; Coudersport Consistory, East Second St., Coudersport; or Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, 1001 E. Second St., Coudersport.

http://www.endeavornews.com/news/2011-07-23/Obituaries/Walter_R_Fleet_Jr.html