Terry Inlow

Terry Inlow, 73, of Greenfield, passed away Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 at the Post Acute Medical Center in Miamisburg, after a short battle with lymphoma.

He was born May 8, 1951 in Mariemont, son of the late Everett Alton and Bonnie Louise (Kilburn) Inlow. 

He was a two-time cancer survivor. When he was 15, he had bone cancer with a tumor on his left knee. He was the third attempt and first survivor of a new surgery (summer of 1966 – long before knee replacement surgeries) that saved his leg but removed 6" above his kneecap and 6" below his knee cap and replaced with a titanium rod. In 2010, he was diagnosed with colon cancer. He fully recovered from that after a tough battle with chemo and radiation.

Terry was a 1969 Wilmington High School graduate, a graduate of Alfred University in New York and received his MFA from the University of Cincinnati. Professor Inlow taught at Wilmington College for over 40 years in the Art Department, including teaching at the Lebanon Correctional through Wilmington College's program there. He was a longtime adviser for Sigma Zeta and touched many lives during his tenure. He also touched many, many lives throughout his life as he never met a stranger and could strike up a conversation with anyone. As one of his former students said "He had a great talent for seeing the potential of the ordinary." He also had a passion for the stage and performed in many plays while in high school and various summer theater productions at Wilmington. His final stage performance was in June 2023 at Southern State CC in Hillsboro as the male lead in the play "Love Letters." In addition, he raised Ibizan hounds for many years and more recently was raising Smooth Fox Terriers.

Surviving are his sister, Brenda Inlow Slaughter of West Chester; a brother, Johnny W. (Sharon) Inlow of New Vienna; nephew and nieces, Caleb Inlow, Christine (Robert) Inlow Wilson, and River Inlow; an aunt, Mary (Kilburn) Reynolds; and many cousins and extended family.
 
A celebration of Terry's life will be on his birthday, 11 a.m. Thursday, May 8 at the McCoy Meeting Room, Kelly Center for Religious Life, Wilmington College, 107 College Street, Wilmington. A gathering of Terry's family and friends will be from 10 a.m. until his celebration service time on May 8. Private family interment will be in the Westboro Cemetery, Westboro.  

The Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

To sign the online guest book, go to edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.