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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Pat. I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, but I worked him many times over the years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marsh, KA5M<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Charles Morrison<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 8, 2017 12:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'lcc' <lcc@louisianacontestclub.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [LCC] W5WMU SK<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I posted this in the CQ-Contest, so some may have already seen this once today. However its with a terribly sad heart that I wanted to let everyone know that Dr. Pat Sonnier W5WMU became an SK last night following some complications. Pat was one of our LCC founding members and was arguably the most active contester in Louisiana up until his passing. Maintaining 2 full contest stations thousands of miles apart was a full time job that he kept up well into his retirement years. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>I will miss my friend and mentor terribly, wasn’t a lot of time that passed that we didn’t talk on the phone or just drop a note to each other. I will miss fixing his logs and his computers. I regret that I never made it up to his station in Lubec, Maine. If you look it up, you’ll see why. He was a great guy, a great cheerleader, a gracious host to his station, a wealth of knowledge of all ham radio subjects and just a great friend. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Charlie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>N5WE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>