[OZAPRS] Dave Toth, VE3GYQ, SK

[Darryl Smith]

People

Below is an obituary for Dave Toth, President of TAPR from 2004 until last
year, and put a significant effort into supporting activities such as APRS
and Software Defined Radios.

Darryl


> Dr. David Bradley Toth, 55, died at 3:10 p.m. Feb. 26, 2010, at his
> residence.
>
> He was born Aug. 11, 1954, in Windsor, Ontario, to Thomas S. and Magda
> M. Kachler Toth. His mother survives in Windsor. On June 16, 2009, he
> married Ronda S. Nartker, who survives in Spencerville.
>
> Dr. Toth graduated from the University of Western Ontario Medical School
> in 1978. He practiced family medicine in London, Ontario. He moved to
> the U.S. in 1993 and began a career in emergency medicine. He was a
> partner of Premier Health Care Services, in Dayton, and worked at Lima
> Memorial Health System and St. Rita's Medical Center until the time of
> his illness. He was a member of the American College of Emergency
> Physicians, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He was board
> certified in Family Medicine of Canada. He was president of the Regional
> Physician Advisory Board of EMS and was also the medical director of
> Ada, Bath and Spencerville EMS.
>
> He was a private pilot for 30 years. He loved to go to the Allen County
> Airport and fly his Twin Comanche as much as possible. He was a member
> of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, EAA and the Comanche
> Flyers. Besides flying, he was an amateur astronomer. Since he was a
> young boy in school, he enjoyed looking at the night sky and reading
> about space and the stars. He had his own observatory that was seen
> opened up on clear nights. He set up the London, Ontario, Astronomy Club
> and served as its president. He was also a member of the Royal
> Astronomical Society of Canada and belonged to the Lima, Dayton and
> Columbus Astronomy Clubs. He traveled for NASA to Chile and Australia to
> fix telescope problems. He worked closely with Software Bisque to make
> computer programs to operate telescopes. You could catch him planning
> trips to Starfest and the Winter Star Party yearly.
>
> He was also a HAM radio operator since the 1970s. He would talk for
> hours with his call sign VE3GYQ. He set up the London, Ontario, towers.
> He was the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio president from 2004 to 2009. In
> his spare time, he enjoyed a round or two of golf with partners or for
> fundraisers. He also enjoyed hitting the slopes if possible to ski.
>
> Survivors also include two sons, Michael Toth, of Bowling Green, and
> Christopher Toth, of London, Ontario; a daughter, Caitlin Toth, of
> Montreal; a stepson, Rusty Nartker, of Spencerville; two brothers, Brian
> (Susan) Toth, of London, Ontario, and Darryl (Helena) Toth, of
> Lakeshore, Ontario; two sisters, Stephanie (Frank) Capizzi, of Shelby
> Township, Mich., and Sondra (Dana) Woltz, of Windsor, Ontario; an aunt,
> Apollonia "Loni" Noll of Windsor, Ontario; and numerous nephews and 
> nieces.
>
> Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Catholic
> Church. Father Stephen Blum will officiate. Burial of the cremated
> remains will be at a later date.
>
> Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday and 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the
> Shawnee Chapel of Chiles-Laman Funeral Homes, where a parish wake
> service will begin at 8 p.m. Tuesday.