Daniel Marazon

<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong /> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;">Daniel Marazon ATHENS - Daniel J. Marazon, age 67, of Athens. Physician, educator, athlete, veteran, fisherman, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at his home.&nbsp;Born January 6, 1945, in Toledo, Ohio, he was the son of the late Daniel and Lois Marazon. Dan was a graduate of Waite High School in Toledo and the University of Toledo.&nbsp;He earned his doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri in 1971. A Vietnam era veteran, he completed a family medicine internship and residency at Jacksonville Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida where he met and married his wife, Margo.&nbsp;He then served three years in the Navy at Whidbey Island Naval Hospital, Oak Harbor, Washington. Wanting to return to Ohio, he became one of the pioneer faculty members of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and later became the medical director of the University Osteopathic Medical Center.&nbsp;He served in many leadership roles including interim dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001, Chief of Staff at Ochr(39)Bleness Memorial Hospital from 1986 - 1988, &nbsp;and the director of the family medicine residency program, Doctors Hospital of Columbus from 1996 -2000. After retiring from academic medicine, he was selected to be an associate&nbsp;professor emeritis of family medicine at Ohio University. In his life as a physician, Dan received numerous awards.&nbsp;In 2002 he was named the Family Physician of the Year by the Ohio State Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and in 2006 he received the OU-COM Lifetime Achievement Award. Dan was well known for his good nature and ability to be an organizer, teacher, and coach. His love of ice hockey and dedication to the Ohio University Bobcat hockey program was recognized in 2008 when he was inducted into the Ohio University Hockey Hall of Fame.&nbsp;His love of children and sports was manifested by his commitment and timeless hours given in support of the ATHENS -outh Soccer and ATHENS -inor League Hockey clubs. One of Danchr(39)s greatest loves as a physician was the SHARE Kenya program. He worked tirelessly to organize annual medical outreach trips to serve the people of &nbsp;&nbsp;Kenya.&nbsp;His legacy to the Kenyan community is recognized by the Daniel Marazon Wing of the now operational&nbsp;Ahero clinic in a rural, isolated community of that country. Dan is survived by his wife of 38 years, Margo; two sons, Christopher (Stephanie) Marazon of Bidwell,Ohio, &nbsp;and Marcus (Jyl) Marazon of New Albany, Ohio; three grandsons, McClellan, Cameron, and Jonathan; three brothers, David (Renee) Marazon of Perrysburg, Ohio;&nbsp;Joe (Barb) Marazon of Oregon, Ohio; and Tom Marazon of Florida; five sisters, Marsha Marazon of Toledo; Margaret Glen) Bevan of Boise Idaho; Mary (Bruce) Monroe of Nokomis, Florida; Julie Marazon of Venice, Florida, and Paula (David) Garland of Ponte Vedra, &nbsp;Florida, &nbsp;and a host of nieces and nephews. Beside his parents, Dan was preceded in death by a daughter, Jennifer; and a brother, Kenneth. A Catholic funeral Mass was held on Thursday, March 15 at St. Paulchr(39)s Church in Athens.&nbsp;Ashes will be interred in Bay View Memorial Garden, &nbsp;Bay View Michigan, later this spring.&nbsp;A celebration of Danchr(39)s life will be held on Saturday, March 31, in the Margaret Walter Hall rotunda, Ohio University at 2:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Daniel J. Marazon Hockey Scholarship Fund, Ohio University Foundation; the Ohio University Respite Volunteer Program c/o Brooke Hallowell, Ohio University; or the Appalachian Community VNA Hospice Program in Athens. Please share a memory or a note of condolence online at Hughs-Moquin Funeral Home: <cite><span style="font-style: normal;">www.hughesmoquinfuneralhome.com</cite><cite>. </cite>