My old friend, John Marker Jr. passed away in October 2023. We had known each other since first grade in the early 1960's. He was known locally by many users of N6ICW repeater in the 2000's were he was one of the control operators. He battled diabetes in the last decade of his life. John was predeceased by Cindy, his wife of over 40 years. Godspeed my old friend. Russ, KW6T