Manteno High School - Mantenau Yearbook (Manteno, IL)

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Illllll'l'EIlllU In Memoriam CQ-CQ-CQ-CQ. This is WKFU--K-King, F-Fox, U-United-King Fox United-CQ-CQ-CQ-cailing. Won't someone please come in? Those words will no longer be heard on the short wave band, for the body that held the mind to which those call letters were assigned saw fit to release Francis Guertin's spirit from its earthly bondage on May 4, 1951. Francis by nature was full of intellectual curiosity. He was especially interested in our universe and its Creator. He often referred to God much as one would refer to ones parents. Francis G-uertin is not here in body. Our hearts are sad because we realize that we shall not see Francis again in this lifeg but while we sor- row, yet we have a steadfast hope and a firm belief in immortality. We know that our separation from him will not be permanent. Aristides Theodorus, early in the second century, writing to one of his friends about Christianity and giving reasons why it spread so rapidly, said: If any righteous man among the Christians passes from this world, they rejoice and offer thanks to God and they escort his body with songs and thanksgiving, as if he were setting out from one place to another nearby. This could describe our attitude toward the passing of Francis Guertin. We rejoice that his spirit is no longer hampered by an earthly bodyg his mind is now free to seek out the answers to the many questions that so often perplexed him. And so, in the vernacular of the Ham Radio Operator, thanks, Francis, for a very pleasant QSO.