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FALCONER, Ronald Melville (Ron) ZL4RMFPeacefully at home, on Saturday, August 3, 2024; aged 71 years.Loved brother and brother-in-law of Neville*and Patricia* (Kaiwera), David and Kathleen* (Mataura, Geraldine, Mosgiel), Douglas* and Clare (Waikoikoi, Woodside, Brighton), dearly loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews, Diane and Geoff, Kathryn and John, Trish and Shane, Craig*, Peter and Cornel; Donna, Rick and Nikki, Brian and Rochelle; Murray, Stephen, Ross and Natalie, all of his great nieces and great nephews, and lastly good friend to “puss” and all of his HAM radio family. (* denotes deceased)
A special thank you for the care and wonderful support of the Otago Community Hospice.A service to celebrate Ron’s life will be held in Southern Funeral Home Chapel, 106 Hokonui Drive, Gore, at 1.30pm, on Friday, August 16, followed by interment at Charlton Park Cemetery. Livestream available at www.southernfuneralhome.co.nz. Flowers are respectfully declined. Messages to 351 Saddle Hill Road, RD1, Dunedin 9076
Like many many others in the ham radio community I will miss Ron and our short chats on the radio.
My condolences to his family and friends.
RIP
Dear Ron Thank you for letting us ride our Horses thru your property Saddle Hill. We will miss seeing you Bronwyn and Ramsey
To Murry and family,
Trish and I offer our sincere condolences to you all. We have spent a lot time during different radio type events, including the past two special event stations run from Shag Valley Station, and can assure you he will be sadly missed...
Kind regards Vernon Marris ZL4VM
RIP Ron. A gentleman and radio friend. Condolences to the family.
Mike ZL2CC
i never have meat ron personal,but he was like a very good fiend of me.i lalked with him over more then 6 years nearly every day at the 40m band.for european radioamateurs he was like a beacon from zl.ron was radioamateur with 100% of his heart.i never will forget ,when he told me one morning that this would be our last contact .his voice was broken and he had tears in his eyes.i was very shocked and did not have a helpfull answer.i never will forget the very close relation we got by the many 100 contacts.i have learnd you can have a good friend without you have seen him.
per dudek dk7lj