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BEYOND HIS IMPRESSIVE CAREER AS A RADIO AMATEUR, THOSE CLOSEST TO MARGELLI
ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF A MAN THEY DESCRIBE AS CARING AND COMPASSIONATE.
CHIP AND JANET HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YARD.  I REMEMBER ONE TIME HE RAN OUT IN A
POURING RAINSTORM TO COVER A BUSH THAT HAD MONARCH BUTTERFLY LARVAE IN IT,
SAID ALLEN.  WHO ELSE WOULD GET SOAKING WET JUST TO MAKE SURE BUTTERFLIES
MAKE IT THROUGH A RAINSTORM?  SHE SAID.  ALLEN ONCE NEEDED A KIDNEY
TRANSPLANT, AND MARGELLI OFFERED UP HIS OWN.  HE CALLED MY HUSBAND BEFORE
THEY EVEN MET AND SAID, IF KATIE NEEDS A KIDNEY, I HAVE AN EXTRA, RECOUNTED
ALLEN.  THERE HAS BEEN AN OUTPOURING OF MESSAGES AND REMEMBRANCES OF
MARGELLI CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.  WHILE REACHING OUT FOR THIS ARTICLE,
ARRL RECEIVED MANY THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS ABOUT MARGELLI THAT CANNOT FIT
WITHIN ONE STORY.  WE HAVE ASSEMBLED SOME OF THE PHOTOS AND WRITINGS ON THE
ARRL FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL, WHERE USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE
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