wow what a shock! I talked to him a few weeks ago. He was very courageous in
all he had to go through with physical problems. 73,
Barb [log in to unmask]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reeva Parry" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 4:21 AM
Subject: Rick Hayner, W A 8 J Q V Now Silent Key


> Hi Everybody,
>
> It is with a heavy heart that I write this message to you.
>
> Yesterday morning at ten o'clock, Michigan time, Ricky L. Hayner, W A 8 J
Q
> V, became a silent key. He had cancer, and the radiation and chemotherapy
> did their number on him. Saturday night, he went into a coma, and he never
> came out of that coma.
>
> Rick was my first true friend, my first real love!! After the romance died
> down, we became the best of friends. He had such a zest for life, and he
> was a devout Christian, so he was peaceful with the whole cancer thing.
>
> The funeral will be on the twenty-seventh of December in Portland,
> Michigan, but his former fiancee didn't tell me the name of the funeral
home.
>
> If you would like to write to either or both Leah, his former fiancee or
> Rick's mother and sister, here are the addresses you can use. I don't have
> E-Mail addresses for either of them.
>
>
> His mother's postal address is as follows:
>
>
> Thelma Hayner and Daughter Tani.
> 1218 Bridge Street,
> Portland Michigan
>
>
> I have no zip code for that address. I'm sorry, just didn't write that
down.
>
>
> Rick's former fiancee, who is taking this very, very hard:
>
>
> Leah Cowels,
> 4410A Lilac Lane, Apartment 144,
> Kalamazoo, Michigan  49006.
>
>
> If you have any amusing stories to tell about Rick from the airwaves, this
> would be a good time to share them with the family and his former fiancee.
>
>
> Thanks for listening and following up,
>
> Reeva Parry, K8DMU
>