= NOW 25 WPM = TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2023 QST PAGE 67 = 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 = END OF 25 WPM TEXT = QST DE W1AW <