Members – SMARA – Schenectady Museum Amateur Radio Association – W2IR https://smara.com Operating the Henry Primm Broughton Memorial Amateur Radio Station at the Schenectady Museum Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:59:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153367067 W2BEJ Tony Pazzola Silent Key https://smara.com/2019/04/11/w2bej-tony-pazzola-silent-key/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:53:50 +0000 http://smara.com/?p=721

Anthony J. “Tony” Pazzola Jr., 70 of Loudonville, entered into eternal life on Monday, April 8, 2019 at Albany Medical Center.

Born in Utica, N.Y. on October 26, 1948, he was the son of the late Anthony J. and Angeline (Palmieri) Pazzola Sr. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was stationed in Korea.

He was a procurement officer, employed by NYS Office of General Services for many years. He was a member of the Shaker Rd. Loudonville Fire Company and Westmere Fire Company, the American Legion Zaloga Post, the V.F.W., the D.A.V. in Lansingburgh. He was a volunteer with American Red Cross, the Urban Search and Rescue of Albany County, the NYS Fire Police Association, the F.O.O.L.S International, the 40 and 8 3rd District Cheminot and was NYS Director of V.A.V.S. Tony was an avid amateur radio and HAM enthusiast with his handle being WB2BEJ and was active in many organizations especially in the Troy Amateur Radio Club.

Survivors include sisters Mary “Mer” Dundon, and Rosemarie “Ree” (Tom) Marko; special friend Pam Saunders; as well as several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday April 12, at 11 a.m. at St. Pius X Church, 23 Crumitie Road, Loudonville with Rev. James Walsh officiating.

Relatives and friends are invited to call Friday from 9-10:30 a.m. at St. Pius X Church, 23 Crumitie Road, Loudonville, NY.

Interment will be with his parents in St. Agnes Cemetery in Utica.

In lieu of flowers donations to the in memory of Tony would be appreciated.

For directions, information, to light a memory candle or order flowers for the family please visit www.dufresneandcavanaugh.com.

]]> 721 Nominations for the 2017 – 2018 Board are now open! https://smara.com/2017/08/17/nominations-for-the-2017-2018-board-are-now-open/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:19:24 +0000 http://smara.com/?p=483 Please be aware that the Nominations for the 2017 – 2018 Board are now open.
If you would like to run for a position or would like to nominate
someone , please email James MacMurray (n2uzq@arrl.net) and he will mark
down your nomination. If you have any questions, those too may be directed to James. Nominations will be closed at the end of the September business meeting.

]]> 483 Kenneth H. Clikeman, AA2CW SK https://smara.com/2017/05/12/kenneth-h-clikeman-aa2cw-sk/ Fri, 12 May 2017 04:04:42 +0000 http://smara.com/?p=406 For those of you who participate in the weekly nets, you may remember AA2CW was always the first to sign in until about a year ago. Also Ken was involved (often coordinating) in many of the public service events our club participated in.

He will be missed.

Dave Bradshaw
SMARA President
KD2FVM

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