Born June 14, 1923, in Elmira Heights, N.Y., to Margaret and Irvine Wheeler, Carlton graduated from Elmira’s Thomas A. Edison High school in 1941.

Barry Heermann died in his home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021.

The first day of classes for Yellow Springs Schools was Monday, Aug. 23. And while the start of a new academic year is typically cause for heightened emotion — whether excitement or dread — this new start contains more feeling than typical years past.