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Terry, Teresa Marie (Teri) Carlo
Teresa Marie (Teri) Carlo Terry, 80, died peacefully Thursday, October 2, 2014, at Arden Courts in Hamden, CT, where she resided for several years. She was born July 30, 1934, in Port Chester, NY, daughter of the late Patsy and Eleanor (Mutino) Carlo and lived in New York, Connecticut and most recently, Safety Harbor, FL, prior to returning to Connecticut in 2007. She was predeceased by her husband, Stuart Terry. They married in 1969, and Teri embraced his seven children as her own, Carol Terry, the late Patricia Terry, Susan Roberts, Margaret Buck, Matthew Terry, Maureen Heileman, Andrew Terry, six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her three siblings, Patrick Carlo & his wife Joan of Gulfport, FL, Tony Carlo of Oceanside, NY and Ellie (Carlo) Calabretta of Simsbury, CT; eight beloved neices and nephews and their families.Teri earned degrees from NYU and Southern Connecticut State College and enjoyed careers in both business and education, teaching art in several communities in Connecticut and Florida and retiring as Art Director of Pinellas County (FL) Schools. A free spirit and artist, she loved travel, photography, Frank Sinatra, her family and her faith, epitomized by her joy in being a Eucharistic Minister at her beloved Espiritu Santo Church in Safety Harbor.Her family would like to thank the caring staffs of Arden Courts in Hamden and Constellation Hospice for their devoted consideration to Teri. Special thanks are extended to Susan Roberts from Teri's siblings for her dedicated stewardship of their sister since her return to CT.
A memorial mass will be held at 11AM on Friday, October 17, 2014, at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 265 Stratton Brook Road, West Simsbury, CT 06092. Burial at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park in Clearwater, FL, will follow a mass at Espiritu Santo on a date to be announced. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 2075 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 100, Rocky Hill, CT 06067. Arrangements are in care of Beecher & Bennett Funeral Home, 2300 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT. To send a condolence to her family, please see: www.beecherbandbennett.com.
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Teri always had a smile and was so upbeat. I have not seen her in many years, but I know she is smiling down on all of us as she rejoices being with family members that have passed. Love you sweety, cousin Marcella...
October 30, 2014
Teri was truly a lovely and thoughtful person. She showed great kindness and inspiration to those of us who chose Art Educ. as a career. I have many fond memories of working with Teri. My deepest sympathies for her loss.
Laurie Mullins
October 18, 2014
I had the pleasure of collaborating with Terri while working at the Gulf Coast Art Center. She was a beautiful person; so kind and generous in spirit.
A special human being.
Donna Sinicrope
October 17, 2014
RIP my wonderful teacher!
May the angels welcome you and make you one of their own, for you were a true earthly angel. Thanks you for all your encouragement!
Kate Burke-Sabean
October 16, 2014
Mrs. Terry was my photography teacher at Tarpon Springs High. She not only taught me about photography, but also taught me about compassion and hope and utimately love for other human beings. She was a true inspiration not just as a teacher, but as an individual. I will miss her greatly.
Kate Burke-Sabean
October 16, 2014
A strong and dedicated person who gave her all on every occasion. I taught Art with Teri several years and the students just loved her...we all did. She will be missed but she will live in my memories,
Barbara T Moore
October 15, 2014
A colleague and I were just speaking fondly of Teri which attending this years FAEA conference. She is remembered with extreme fondness. She was a beautiful soul who radiated love where ever she went. She was my art supervisor in Pinellas years ago.May she Rest in Everlasting and Joyous Peace !
Natalie Devasher-Keyes
October 14, 2014
Celebrating Teri--lover of the arts who shared her passion with us and for us. Honoring a beautiful life.
Catherine Bergmann
October 14, 2014
Often over the years I have thought about Mrs.Terry my high school art teacher at Mercy and hoped she was well and still teaching. As a student I looked forward to going to her art class and spending time after school in her classroom. Mrs. Terry saw potential in all her students even me who loved art but had no artistic talent. Mrs. Terry was also very generous, that woman spent most afternoons giving shoreline Mercy girls rides home. I never saw Mrs. Terry again after graduating but I wished I had so I could have said thank you for being an unforgettable teacher and for all the rides. God knows I owed that women a lot of gas money.
Robin
October 11, 2014
When I first knew Creative Playtime, around 1957, it seemed to me a timeless place that had always been just as it was. I still wonder what those tall shelves hid from my view.
Tom Dean
October 10, 2014
Mrs. Terry was my art teacher at Mercy High School. I loved, loved, loved her! She was the best - she believed in us, but, most importantly, she managed to teach us how to believe in ourselves through our expression of art.
I was grateful that I could share that feeling with her at one of our reunions. She left an indelible mark on my soul. Her greatest works of art were the positive changes she brought about in her students.
Rest in peace my sweet teacher!
Jane Nemecek-DeFrancesco '78
October 9, 2014
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