Howard H. Ingling, M.D. was born Nov. 21, 1908 on a farm near Enon, Ohio. One of eight children, his early years were spent working on the farm and attending Enon High School.

After his graduation in 1927, he entered Ohio Wesleyan University, followed by Western Reserve University Medical School. In 1935 Dr. Ingling married Thelma Frances McBeth and together they had two daughters, Patricia and Frances. Dr. Ingling served his internship at Springfield City Hospital and began to practice medicine in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1939 at Pine Mountain Settlement School.

During World War Il he served as Captain and Army Surgeon in Europe. Many times he was caught in battle trying to save the
wounded. He was also in charge of the care of 1,200 prisoners of war, and involved in liberating a Nazi concentration camp. Dr. Ingling received the Distinguished Service Cross during the battle for Dornot, France, in 1944, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

Following the war, Dr. Ingling returned to Springfield and established a family practice. He was a beloved doctor who was known for making house calls (often in the middle of the night) and accepting trade or substitutes for payment. He also instituted a neighborhood church clinic providing free medical care for the needy, and traveled regularly to Sage Memorial Hospital in Arizona to provide volunteer medical care for Native Americans.

Dr. Ingling continued his practice in Springfield for several years, then moved to Donnelsville where he carried on the same routine, making house calls day or night. On December 15, 1981 on his way to
making his rounds at Mercy Hospital, Dr. Ingling died in a car accident. On the tombstone of this great humanitarian reads: "He Longest Lives Who Most To Others Gives, Himself Forgetting."

Dr. Ingling is interred next to his wife, Thelma, and their infant daughter, Frances, in Section U, Lot 254.