Millard James ‘Jim’ Fountain Jr.
WILMINGTON A lifetime member of the Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors, Millard James “Jim” Fountain Jr., 87, passed away at 12:45 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021.
He was the husband of the beautiful Pearl Winner Fountain, and their marriage celebration of 66 years would have been in April. He was the proud dad of Diane Fountain and the “Pops” of Dr. Meares Green, Scientist Chaz Green (married to Nicole Harrison Green), and Dr. Bliss (Elizabeth) Green Leverette (married to Matthew Leverette). Bliss was born being the “Joy of his world.” He was the grandfather of William Fugazy (Dr. Heather) and Alexandra Fugazy and the great-grandfather of Penelope Marie Fugazy and William Alfred Fugazy. He was preceded in death by his dearly loved and missed son, Ricky Fountain.
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Karen Killilea, whose story helped change views on cerebral palsy, dies at 80
Harrison Smith, The Washington Post
Dec. 23, 2020
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Karen Killilea, center, is pictured in 2013 with her sister Kristin Viltz, left, joined by Kristin s husband, Simon, and daughter Nikole.Family photo by Linda Marie Werner
When Karen Killilea was born in 1940, three months premature and weighing less than two pounds, few doctors expected her to live. She had sparkling eyes and an infectious smile but spent her first nine months in a hospital, watched over by nurses in the newborn intensive care unit.
Once she came home to Rye, N.Y., she seemed unusually still and rigid for an infant, never rolling over, kicking her feet or reaching her tiny hands toward her parents. Killilea (pronounced KILL-ill-ee) was eventually diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a group of movement disorders that led one physician to suggest her parents institutionalize her. Another declared that in China, they ta