Obituary transcribed from Cleveland Daily Banner 7 Jan 1967. Living relatives redacted per TOS.
William (Bill) Kenneth Collett, 42, of 2710 Springplace Road, died Thursday night at the family residence.
He was employed as a draftsman with an Oak Ridge Co. prior to his illness. He was a member of the Big Springs Methodist Church and a Veteran of the Korean War, having served with the United States Air Force. He was a member of the VFW Post 2598 and the Disabled American Veterans, also a member of the Cleveland Amateur Radio Operators.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Collett, Sister, [redacted]; brother, [redacted]; two nieces [redacted], all of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. W. L. Harbin, pastor, and the Rev. Charles Ward, pastor of the Big Springs Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery.
Casketbearers will be members of the Cleveland Amateur Radio Operators.
The body will be at the funeral home until the service hour.
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Biography written by the late Larry G. Ledford (Memorial ID 195007829)
Bill Collett W4GZX
Bill had been in the Air Force during the Korean War and stationed in Japan. He was traveling in a transport plane that was forced down into the Yellow Sea. He spent three days in the water before he was rescued. This exposure ruined his health. He was able to go to work in Oak Ridge but had to quit because of his health. In Oak Ridge he worked with JD Slaughter (Memorial ID 195007829) who helped him get his ticket. He was never a CW man and got a "Technician" license. He had to go on disability.
Bill was an experimenter and builder. He was constructing transistor logic circuits before TTL was invented. I remember him building a seven segment digital readout made with transistors, light bulbs and strips of Plexiglas. This was before LEDs and liquid crystal displays.
Bill never married and lived with his family on Spring Place Road. He had a ham shack built into the rear of a garage. It was a comfortable operating room. Being a technician, he could only work six meters.
After the club was formed he was invited to join the club, which he did. He died early when he was in his 40s from diabetes. The club asked his family if the club could apply for his call for the club's station. They approved it.
William (Bill) Kenneth Collett, 42, of 2710 Springplace Road, died Thursday night at the family residence.
He was employed as a draftsman with an Oak Ridge Co. prior to his illness. He was a member of the Big Springs Methodist Church and a Veteran of the Korean War, having served with the United States Air Force. He was a member of the VFW Post 2598 and the Disabled American Veterans, also a member of the Cleveland Amateur Radio Operators.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Collett, Sister, [redacted]; brother, [redacted]; two nieces [redacted], all of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. W. L. Harbin, pastor, and the Rev. Charles Ward, pastor of the Big Springs Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery.
Casketbearers will be members of the Cleveland Amateur Radio Operators.
The body will be at the funeral home until the service hour.
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Biography written by the late Larry G. Ledford (Memorial ID 195007829)
Bill Collett W4GZX
Bill had been in the Air Force during the Korean War and stationed in Japan. He was traveling in a transport plane that was forced down into the Yellow Sea. He spent three days in the water before he was rescued. This exposure ruined his health. He was able to go to work in Oak Ridge but had to quit because of his health. In Oak Ridge he worked with JD Slaughter (Memorial ID 195007829) who helped him get his ticket. He was never a CW man and got a "Technician" license. He had to go on disability.
Bill was an experimenter and builder. He was constructing transistor logic circuits before TTL was invented. I remember him building a seven segment digital readout made with transistors, light bulbs and strips of Plexiglas. This was before LEDs and liquid crystal displays.
Bill never married and lived with his family on Spring Place Road. He had a ham shack built into the rear of a garage. It was a comfortable operating room. Being a technician, he could only work six meters.
After the club was formed he was invited to join the club, which he did. He died early when he was in his 40s from diabetes. The club asked his family if the club could apply for his call for the club's station. They approved it.
Obituary transcribed from Cleveland Daily Banner 7 Jan 1967. Living relatives redacted per TOS.
William (Bill) Kenneth Collett, 42, of 2710 Springplace Road, died Thursday night at the family residence.
He was employed as a draftsman with an Oak Ridge Co. prior to his illness. He was a member of the Big Springs Methodist Church and a Veteran of the Korean War, having served with the United States Air Force. He was a member of the VFW Post 2598 and the Disabled American Veterans, also a member of the Cleveland Amateur Radio Operators.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Collett, Sister, [redacted]; brother, [redacted]; two nieces [redacted], all of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. W. L. Harbin, pastor, and the Rev. Charles Ward, pastor of the Big Springs Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery.
Casketbearers will be members of the Cleveland Amateur Radio Operators.
The body will be at the funeral home until the service hour.
===============================================================
Biography written by the late Larry G. Ledford (Memorial ID 195007829)
Bill Collett W4GZX
Bill had been in the Air Force during the Korean War and stationed in Japan. He was traveling in a transport plane that was forced down into the Yellow Sea. He spent three days in the water before he was rescued. This exposure ruined his health. He was able to go to work in Oak Ridge but had to quit because of his health. In Oak Ridge he worked with JD Slaughter (Memorial ID 195007829) who helped him get his ticket. He was never a CW man and got a "Technician" license. He had to go on disability.
Bill was an experimenter and builder. He was constructing transistor logic circuits before TTL was invented. I remember him building a seven segment digital readout made with transistors, light bulbs and strips of Plexiglas. This was before LEDs and liquid crystal displays.
Bill never married and lived with his family on Spring Place Road. He had a ham shack built into the rear of a garage. It was a comfortable operating room. Being a technician, he could only work six meters.
After the club was formed he was invited to join the club, which he did. He died early when he was in his 40s from diabetes. The club asked his family if the club could apply for his call for the club's station. They approved it.
William (Bill) Kenneth Collett, 42, of 2710 Springplace Road, died Thursday night at the family residence.
He was employed as a draftsman with an Oak Ridge Co. prior to his illness. He was a member of the Big Springs Methodist Church and a Veteran of the Korean War, having served with the United States Air Force. He was a member of the VFW Post 2598 and the Disabled American Veterans, also a member of the Cleveland Amateur Radio Operators.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Collett, Sister, [redacted]; brother, [redacted]; two nieces [redacted], all of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. W. L. Harbin, pastor, and the Rev. Charles Ward, pastor of the Big Springs Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery.
Casketbearers will be members of the Cleveland Amateur Radio Operators.
The body will be at the funeral home until the service hour.
===============================================================
Biography written by the late Larry G. Ledford (Memorial ID 195007829)
Bill Collett W4GZX
Bill had been in the Air Force during the Korean War and stationed in Japan. He was traveling in a transport plane that was forced down into the Yellow Sea. He spent three days in the water before he was rescued. This exposure ruined his health. He was able to go to work in Oak Ridge but had to quit because of his health. In Oak Ridge he worked with JD Slaughter (Memorial ID 195007829) who helped him get his ticket. He was never a CW man and got a "Technician" license. He had to go on disability.
Bill was an experimenter and builder. He was constructing transistor logic circuits before TTL was invented. I remember him building a seven segment digital readout made with transistors, light bulbs and strips of Plexiglas. This was before LEDs and liquid crystal displays.
Bill never married and lived with his family on Spring Place Road. He had a ham shack built into the rear of a garage. It was a comfortable operating room. Being a technician, he could only work six meters.
After the club was formed he was invited to join the club, which he did. He died early when he was in his 40s from diabetes. The club asked his family if the club could apply for his call for the club's station. They approved it.
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