Northwest Signal

Dr. Larry R. Fout, MD, Captain USN, Retired, died peacefully on June 23, 2020 in Milwaukee, WI at his home with his wife, Jane, and daughter, Jill, at his side. Larry or "Doc" was born February 15, 1930 as Larry Roy Fout, the son of Earl and Marilyn Fout, in Piqua, Ohio. He spent his formative years in northwest Ohio and graduated from Holgate HS. He graduated from Ohio Northern University (where Jill was born) and The Ohio State University Medical School. He was immediately commissioned in the United States Navy. He was a great athlete, especially in tennis (won every match in college and most matches in the Navy), fast-pitch softball (was one of the best pitchers throughout his schooling...

Our world is a poorer place now that a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend has moved on. Wilma L. Malernee Williams, 98 years young, died peacefully in Columbus on October 18, 2019. She was born in Byesville, Ohio on August 18, 1921, the second of three children and only daughter of Jasper Denning and Bertha Amanda Witten Malernee. She spent her whole life loving and giving of herself. Her early years were spent in Byesville and Columbus, graduating from Byesville High School in 1939. Her early passion was dancing and having fun, and she shared that fun and her always-present positive outlook on life with everyone to the very end. She met the love...