Mydatery has passed. Update to your questions

I'm taking a moment to stop in here and let the community know that John McGrew, Mydatery, passed away at 4:52 PM on Sunday, May 9th, 2010.  He had contracted Strep Troat and there were complicatons with it.  By the time he went to the doctor on Friday afternoon it was too late for them to do much else except make him comfortable.

I'm an old friend of his and I know how much he loved the Dolphin program so I'm stopping in to just let you guys know this.  He was a bit rough with people from time to time but I know he really enjoyed helping out where ever he could.  I'm not sure if anyone here had the chance to talk to him face to face or on the phone.  If you did, I'm sure you know what I mean by saying that he was the most optimistic person I knew.  He really did believe in people and their desire to do right.  He was pretty passionate about Dolphin and his work in it.

He is survived by three daughters ages, 4, 6 & 8, a brother & 2 sisters.  I will try to stop back in when I get a moment if people need any other information or updates.  All of us here, his friends and family, do know he is in a better place and at God's side.

We do have one question and that is what do we do with his account here?  He did requst that his work be continued on behalf of his daughters. 

**Update:  I would like to take this time on behalf of John's family and all of his friends to thank everyone for their condolences and to maybe explain better what I meant when I said complicatons.

John didn't die directly from the Strep.  He still had his tonsils and they became very swollen, which is what finally got him to go to the doctor for help on Friday.  The doctor sent him to the Emergency Room after looking at his throat and after that there were complications.  They gave him an IV so they could put in Morephine, a steroid and a couple of other items.  It was supposed to reduce his pain and the swelling of his throat.  The drugs caused him to vomit and the vomit went into his lungs because it couldn't get out of his throat with it swollen so bad.

I really can't describe this anymore, so please forgive me.  It's a very difficult thing to talk about, as I knew him pretty much my whole life.  He was one of the greatest friends I have ever had. 

To try to answer other questions, John was a good provider for his family and thought constantly about his girls.  No one needs to worry about their financial well being.  They are very well taken care of and with their mother.  It is sad that they will not grow up with him, but his brother, myself and other friends are stepping in as best as we can to help with it.

He was divorced, for about 3  years and he was dating a woman.  They aren't married, she was more or less his business partner when it came to Dolphin also.  Her name is Kathie and he called her Kat.

I pointed out to his brother about the fund that has been started and he was touched by it.  But he also pointed out that John never excepted charity in his life.  He said that he would think John would want that to go into the Dolphin program if people want to create a way to remember him. 

John used his Blackberry near the end to talk when he was awake.  He gave those of us close to him passwords to things like Boonex and his servers. That's how I got in to his account.  He was a strong Anabaptist and his family is grieving for the most part privately on this, as it is a very simple and basic type of life that they live. 

Over the next couple of months we have to go through all of his business workings and figure out what is what.  None of us are web site people and we need to figure out what he was up to.  Kat has mentioned things to us that she knows of and where they are at.  She admitted she doesn't know what most of it does, but she knows what a lot of it's supposed to do. 

When I asked for help with it, I was asking for someone who understands all of this stuff to help us figure out what he was up to and hopefully give us a hand in finishing his work.  Please understand, it will be a little time until we can do that as we have to set up things in his will that he wanted.   JTadeo said it best below when he described how John came to Dolphin at first and how he learned.  Everything was a huge passion to John, he poured his heart into learning and trying to make the world a little better.  Yes, he was rough with people, in all parts of his life.  But please know, he was also a very compassionate man. 

If John had any open contracts, can you please give us a little time to take care of what we need to and then get in touch with us here privately.  We would like to take care of any business that's unfinished however we can to protect his name. 

Again, thank you to everyone.  Your prayers, condolences and offerings of help are very much appreciated.  His family would appreciate a chance to grieve and take care of everything the right way.