Dr. Garry deNeuville Hough 3rd, 81, died Friday, August 17 at Majestic Oaks in Orange City, Fla., after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

The eldest son of Mary Sears and Dr. Garry Hough Jr., he was born April 30, 1926 in Springfield.

He was raised in Longmeadow and graduated from Classical High School in Springfield, class of 1942. He went to college at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., and then was accepted into Harvard Medical School in 1945, receiving his degree in 1948. Garry enlisted in the Army to fulfill his requirements of his medical school program, serving with the Fifth Evacuation Hospital, Sendai, Japan, during the Korean Conflict.

In 1955, Garry started his orthopedic surgery practice with his father and established Chestnut Orthopedics in Springfield. He also served on the staffs of Wesson Memorial Hospital, Springfield Hospital and the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children. Garry retired in 1986.

He was active in the Massachusetts and American Orthopedics associations, South Congregational Church, West Tisbury Congregational Church, the Shriner's Masonic Order, the Hampden District Medical Society, the Massachusetts Medical Society, and many civic groups, including three chapters of the International Rotary Club and the medical ethics board for the Hampden District Medical Society and the Springfield Clergy Association.

He served as president of the staff at Wesson Memorial, assistant chief surgeon at Shriner's Hospital and was a state representative to the American Medical Association.

Beginning in 1974, Garry was a volunteer teaching surgeon with Orthopedics Overseas. He became a member of the Orthopedics Overseas board of directors, and served two years as its president followed by two years as president of World Orthopedic Concerns, ending his tenure in 1996. He was honored with Humanitarian Award of Orthopedics Overseas in 1991. Garry also championed the cause of banning land mines.

Garry loved playing golf, but later replaced it with tennis. He learned how to drive a boat and was active with the Power Squadron in the Florida Keys. He also loved to sing, and joined the choir at the First Congregational Church in West Tisbury and the Men's Chorus at John Knox Village.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Nancy; his daughters Meta Hough of Eugene, Ore., Alice Robinson and her husband Tom of Vineyard Haven, Ginny Matchak and her husband John of Norwalk, Conn., and Hilda Brown and her husband Richard of Gainesville, Fla.; his son Rick Hough of Nashua, N.H.; three grandsons, Tim, Brian and Michael Robinson; his brother Willis of Dunellen, Fla., and Ipswich; his sister Charlotte Keenen and her husband Chuck of Ormand Beach, Fla.; his brother in law Wade Greer and his wife Barbara of Nokomis, Fla., and Alton Bay, N.H.; several nieces, nephews and their families; several cousins; and family friends.

Memorial gifts may be made to Health Volunteers Overseas - Orthopedic Concerns.