[SHARCbits] Forward from Alan McGrew, KC4MTS

[Dave Haney]

Good day to all of you,
Many of you may know, or know of Dr.C.J."Dan" McGrew Jr., the first 
family practice doctor in the Spring Hill Florida area and a retired 
Navy doctor (Capt,USN Ret.).

He passed away peacefully tonight ( August 23rd 2011) at 7:00 PM at his 
home in Spring Hill.

Dan was a member of the community of 100 (top 100 businesses in Hernando 
county) and was responsible in part for getting the first hospital ( now 
called Oak Hill Hospital) into the Spring Hill area and was the first 
chief of staff at Oak Hill. He started and operated the Doctors clinic 
at the Hernando Community Blood Bank (now called Life South) to provide 
care for indigent patients and saw patients at the Hernando County 
Health Department on a weekly basis. He had a firm belief in helping 
others and providing service to the community.

Dan also was very active in missions to other countries. While serving 
in the Navy he took a sabbatical and served as a missionary for 6 months 
in India to work as a doctor and bring the word of God to many needy 
people. After retiring, and moving to Spring Hill, he was active in 
supplying medicine to the mission clinic, computers to the local 
collage, and basic needs to the Island of Utila off of the coast of 
Honduras, and went down on building missions to that Island with other 
volunteers from the First Methodist Church in Brooksville.

At home Dan would spend many hours in the garden, practicing with his 
green thumb, to raise vegetables, flowers and plants. He was well known 
for some of the varieties of African violets and orchids that he raised 
and was a member of the African violet club in Spring Hill.

These are a small part of the active life of Dan McGrew.....he will be 
missed.
I will have more information to follow in the next day or so.
Alan McGrew