Terrance Neil Mccarthy

"Honey Bear"

Terry died unexpectedly in his sleep of a heart attack on April 27, 2009. He was born in SLC, UT on Nov. 13, 1950 to Jack and Bev McCarthy.

He was an All State linebacker at East High School (Class of '69). He went on to play football for the U of U, then Westminster College, where he earned a B.S. degree in biology.

With this knowledge he spent three years in Ecuador developing and implementing new technologies in shrimp farming. He then worked for twenty years as a research biologist for NPS Pharmaceuticals.

He lived an amazing life. One of the things he was most proud of are his sons, Patrick and Christopher. Some of the best years of Terry's life were spent working as an expert boatman. He ran river trips through the Grand Canyon, Cataract Canyon, Westwater and on many other major rivers throughout the West. He loved being on the river. Combining humor and his large repertoire of river songs and poems with his excellent skills, he made every thrilling rapid and every night around the campfire a once in a lifetime experience for all those who were with him.

True to the Irish heritage he was so proud of, he had a generous and loving heart, a wonderful wit, sense of humor and the gift of storytelling.

Terry had a lifelong love for, and interest in all animals, reptiles and arachnids. After many years, he still mourned the loss of his three very best companions a