Douglas Dewitt McMurtry

Douglas Dewitt McMurtry Went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on December 21, 2017, at Veterans Victory House in Walterboro, at the age of 94. Survived by his beloved wife of 73 years, Marilyn (nee Scribner) of Hilton Head Island, where they lived for 21 years. Also survived by his brother James (Ellen). Predeceased by his parents, George and Leona McMurtry. A great dad to Steven (Joanne), Vanda (Maria), and Nancy Friesen (Daniel). Loving and proud grandpa of Ian, Noelle, Andrew (Diana), Lydia (Tim), and Jean-Luc. Doug was born and raised in Worthington, Minnesota and loved hunting, fishing, woodworking, ice hockey, and ice boating. During WWII, he was a B17 bomber pilot with the 381st Bombardment Group, flying 19 combat missions over Europe and obtaining the rank of Lieutenant. He also served with the Minnesota National Guard in Germany during the Korean War. He built homes in Worthington and then became a secondary public school teacher, teaching industrial arts and history for many years in Minnesota and California. Retirement years were happily spent in Annapolis, Maryland and on Hilton Head Island. He was always an active church member, serving as a Presbyterian elder and as the director of his church's summer youth camp for 3 years. He also served as a hospital chaplain in Orange, California and Annapolis. Doug used his carpentry skills in community service, building homes for Habitat for Humanity in Pinellas County, Florida and Bluffton, South Carolina. Thanks to staff of The Bloom at Hilton Head and Veterans Victory House, as well as pastoral staff at St. Luke's Church, for their care in Doug's final years. Cremation has taken place with a private commemorative ceremony and inurnment at St. Luke's Church, Hilton Head Island, on December 27, 2017.