Find a younger ham that will take control of all the equipment and liquidate
it when the time comes. I have been doing that for years. I sell the stuff
at hamfests or eBay and do not even charge a commission. I keep what does
not sell .

A funny true story happened to me. A few years ago I got a call from a
friend's wife. He was elderly and over a few months he had been going to
lunch and never making it, ending up in nearby towns. At one point he was
almost vegetative. His Dr's diagnosed him as Alzheimers and told his wife
he would never recover. She called me and asked that I liquidate a building
full of old radio and test equipment.

I went to work and sold some to friends, some on eBay and some at a local
swap meet. I just collected the funds until after the swap meet. There
were a few things that did not sell at the swap meet, so I figured I was
done selling. I called the woman to report my success and she said "just a
minute, here is Henry". There was my friend on the other end of the
telephone, home and alert. My heart sank. I had to report that I had sold
his entire collection of stuff. It was the lowest point of my life. I felt
like I had drained the blood from him. But, the rest of the story made for
an ok ending. After I told him I had sold all of his equipment, he told me
that even though he was home, he was not up to enjoying it and he never
would be, so that it was still fine that I had liquidated his stuff.
However, he said there were two things he wished he still had and those were
two of the three items I could not sell. He was delighted and I felt like
the luckiest guy alive.

He died about a year later, but we already had liquidated his gear.

Colin K7FM