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| Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Udi Ayelet |
| 08/06/2003 |
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| Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Udi Ayelet, 38, of Eilat
Udi Eilat was born in Safed but grew up in Eilat, and was well-known in the city. He worked as a counselor at the Orim special-education school in Eilat that caters to mentally retarded children. He was responsible for the students' transportation and the school's afternoon activities. He also served as a basketball referee and had planned to travel abroad with the Eilat basketball club, but remained in Israel because he had been called up for reserve duty.
Although Udi and his wife Ethel were divorced two years ago, he spent time with his two sons every day. They had celebrated his older son Leon's bar mitzva just a week ago. On Saturday night he spoke to his son 10-year-old son Elie, and said, ''Tell your mother that I want to come home.'' On Sunday morning, Ethel found a note left for her by Elie: ''Mom, go back to Dad,'' it read.
Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Udi Eilat was buried in the military section of the Eilat cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mordechai and Shoshana, four siblings, and his two sons, Leon, 13, and Elie, 10.
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