[Tall-Corn] Passing of Carl Owens

[Julie McCullough]

This is very sad about Carl Owens. I was in Summer School with Carl one year, and someone, probably Mr. Grupp had him play Reveille to wake us up every morning. I think he played it on a cornett.

One day, we went to a lake, where some of the guys fished. I don't remember now, but we might have gotten to go swimming, and I'm sure there was food. At one point, Carl sat down on the grass and ended up sitting in a cow pie, and the adults had to come up with some make-shift something to keep him covered so that he could enjoy the rest of his day. Carl was among those who went fishing, and he said something about flatheads. I asked him about it, and after that, he started calling me a female flathead. I just took it as a memory from the day.

I think that Carl may have had a rather difficult life growing up, but I think he probably thrived at school and found people who possibly introduced him to and taught him about Ham Radio, and I imagine he also taught others about it. It was a wonderful part of his life, and I'm sure it helped him to get to know people from all over the world. He grew up, ventured out, and got a job with the Federal Government. I don't know anything about him after he grew up, but it sounds like he had a good and successful career, and I'm sure he made friends and kept connections with Ham Radio. May Carl rest in peace and enjoy many conversations with Ham Radio friends who have gone before him.

----- Original Message -----
From: terry poldberg via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
Date: Saturday, August 05, 2023 11:43 AM
To: NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
CC: terry poldberg <tpoldberg at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tall-Corn] Passing of Carl Owens

This is really sad news. I am member Carl from high school in the braille school. He was in my class. I knew him quite well.
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> On Aug 5, 2023, at 8:35 AM, Bob Ray via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Greetings, Carl Owens was a member of the NFBI in the 1970s and later left Iowa to go to work for the Federal Government  in Philadelphia. We received notice that he had passed away in the past three months. There are a number of our members that knew him either because of going to school with him or from ham radio.
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> Bob
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