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Daniel Ray Atwood
Daniel Atwood Obituary
Daniel Ray Atwood, 82 of Crystal River, FL passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 10, 2025, with family by his side at VITAS Hospice House in Lecanto, FL. He was born November 17, 1942, in Tulsa, Oklahoma and grew up in Oklahoma and Texas before moving to Citrus County in 1963.
Dan served for the National Guard for 6 years before he founded Pro-Line boats in 1968 and grew it into an international company over the next 40 years. He employed and touched the lives of thousands of employees.
Dan retired in 2008 and spent retirement traveling and enjoying time with family and friends. He was an active member of his community and First Baptist Church in Crystal River.
He is preceded in death by wife Sandra, daughters Debby and DeeDee, his father Ray and his mother Eve. He is survived by his wife Jan, sister Betty, 3 children Joe (Mary), Jenny (Robert) and Sherry, 7 grandchildren (Victoria, Angela, Matthew, Mara, Alexis, Nevin and Hazel) and 4 great grandchildren (Mykah, Elias, Tatum, Kaia).
A celebration of life will be held on August 16, 2025 at 11am at First Baptist Church of Crystal River. The family will be receiving friends from 10 AM until service time at the church. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to VITAS Hospice House or First Baptist Church of Crystal River.
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Cyndi mileti bond
August 16, 2025
What would we have done without the proline boats, gang... Dan was always a joy.. I enjoyed waiting on him for dinner and lunch... He will truly be missed.... You and louie are up there playing cards..RIP..DAN.. AS YOU KNOW HE WAS A
Jim Kogler, Jr
August 16, 2025
I worked at Pro-Line for 26 1/2 years, Dan treated everyone with such respect and made every employee feel like part of a family, his family. He always treated everyone with that large smile on his face. It was such a kind and gracious person to everyone he met. I have such wonderful memories of Dan and his entire family and I always hold them close to my heart. It will be deeply missed by so many.. Rest in peace Captain until we see you again.
Papke
August 15, 2025
Dan was a great friend. Working with him at Proline was fun and sometimes long hours but always rewarding.
He taught and lead by example and never asked you to do more than he also would do.
His smile was contagious and we will miss his gentleness and kindness. Dan was a true gentleman. RIP my friend.
Tim and Jann Leach
August 15, 2025
Many great memories; and always smiling. Thanks for the time we had.
John Walker
August 13, 2025
We had a lot of great times and you weren´t a bad gin rummy player
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