H Carl McGary – N3VFV (SK)

H. Carl McGary passed away on April 23, 2022. ‘Carl’ was 89 years of age and resided in Sun City Center with his wife Cam (Camelia) Rizza McGary of nearly 40 years. Carl had one brother, Roger; his wife Nancy; and a niece, Colleen (McGary) Ramsey. Cam’s brother, Anthony, and his wife, JoAnne, were very close to Carl.

Carl was a graduate of California State University of Pennsylvania and completed his Master’s Degree at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. After a year teaching at Dominion College (a satellite college of William and Mary College), he transferred to Ohio State University and pursued a PhD for the next two years. After teaching for 19 years Carl went to work for the Pennsylvania State Education Association, where he worked for the next seventeen years, representing teachers before their employers. Meanwhile, Cam finished her career teaching in the military schools in Germany and elementary schools in Pennsylvania.

Besides golf, Carl loved horses, airplanes and traveling in their motor home. From his farm in Pennsylvania, he showed horses his home state, Virginia and Oklahoma. He won many ribbons and produced a “Horse of the Year Award” in Pennsylvania.

Carl flew his Cessna 172 out of Jimmy Stewart Airport in his hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania.

After retirement, Carl and Cam spent five years on the road with their motor home – visiting 48 states and south eastern Canada. In Sun City Center you would often find them attending the local version of the RV Club. In their latter years of RVing, you could see Carl and Cam, with their car in tow, leaving for Hilton Head, South Carolina, where they owned a motor home lot on the island.

Carl was active as an Elder of the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church; only in recent years did he give up his duties.

The Celebration of Life will be held at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 1239 Del Webb W., Sun City Center, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2022.

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