Dr. Louis Joseph Radnothy, D.O.

Louis J. Radnothy D.O., F.A.C.O.F.P., Age 87, passed away in his sleep on June 20, 2019. Dr. Radnothy was born on June 8, 1932, growing up in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Geneva College in 1953 and marrying Shirley Moore, the couple moved to Des Moines, Iowa where he attended osteopathic medical school at the Still College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Radnothy served his internship at Garden City Osteopathic Hospital in Garden City, Michigan becoming a family physician in 1957. He practiced family medicine in Livonia, Michigan for almost 25 years. A Christian physician with a servant's heart, Lou and Shirley raised their family on a Saddlebred horse farm in South Lyon, Michigan where he was an important part of the South Lyon community who was heavily involved in the local South Lyon Presbyterian Church, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (F.C.A.), coaching his kid's various athletic teams, covering South Lyon High School as team physician and volunteering as a school board member and president of the South Lyon School System Board of Education for almost 15 years. He also was an avid handball player and racquetball player, a runner who managed to run the Detroit Free Press Marathon in 4:01 (still a family record!). He also was an English Saddlebred State Champion horseback rider. Dr. Radnothy's Michigan patients were heartbroken when he and Shirley decided to escape the cold winters and farm life and move to Umatilla, Florida in 1983. With a strong desire to establish another family practice in Umatilla, Dr. Radnothy was welcomed with open arms by the Umatilla community. For another 34 years, Dr. Radnothy happily served the Umatilla community as their family physician, opening his medical office at all hours of the day and night, visiting his patients at Florida Hospital Waterman, covering the local Umatilla High School as team physician and routinely making house calls to his patients. Dr. Radnothy hosted weekly Bible studies at his medical office, was instrumental in establishing Trinity Evangelical Church in Eustis, Florida years ago as well as more recently the Alee Academy and the North Lake County Boys & Girls Club of Lake County. Lou and Shirley attended the First Baptist Church of Umatilla for many years as well as Trinity Evangelical Church in Eustis. Dr. Radnothy quietly reached the pinnacle of his medical profession serving as President of the Florida Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Practitioners (A.C.O.F.P.), Florida Family Physician of the Year, Governor & Officer of the National A.C.O.F.P. Board, National A.C.O.F.P. Physician of the Year and President of the National A.C.O.F.P. He mentored medical students and family practice residents during his career and was involved in numerous osteopathic medical schools. Dr. Radnothy is survived by his wife of almost 65 years, Shirley, who currently resides in Mt. Dora, Florida, his daughter Kim Radnothy Cooke of Eustis, his son Colonel L. Michael Radnothy D.O. and his wife Anne of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and son Jon H. Radnothy D.O. and wife Shelly of Mt. Dora, Florida. Dr. Radnothy also is survived by nine "perfect" grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 29 at the First Baptist Church of Umatilla.

Dr. Louis Joseph Radnothy, D.O.

June 8, 1932 - June 20, 2019