Janet Baldi

Baldi, Janet
Janet Shrauger Baldi
February 1, 1930 - November 6, 2015
Seattle, Washington born Janet Shrauger Baldi, 50 year Greenwich resident died peacefully and gracefully at Greenwich Hospital early on the morning of November 6 surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Janet donated her body to Yale New Haven Medical School.
Janet had a long and varied career in the arts: sculpting, abstract and realistic painting. She began painting while living in Spain for many years with her husband and four young children. She attended art history classes at the Prado Museum and studied under Mil Lubroth. She earned a Masters of Library Science and received a Masters in Art History researching the work of Piero della Francesca. She worked in alabaster and marble and studied under Minoru Nizuma. Influenced by Francisco de Zurbaran, she depicted every day objects -- bottles, teapots and bowls. She was a member of the Silvermine Arts Guild and Greenwich Art Society. Her work is in major corporations and in private collections here and abroad.
Invested in community outreach, she chaired the Greenwich Fresh Air Fund for years, was chairman of the Outreach Program for The First Church of Round Hill and served at the Pacific House Shelter for the Homeless in Stamford, Connecticut.
She is survived by Malaga Baldi and Lucy Painter and their daughter Orian Baldi Painter of New York City, Rebeca Baldi Assad and Denis Andre Assad of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada; Marta and Arthur Schaffer and their daughters Susan Schaffer Brown and Anthony Brown and their daughters Abigail and Sophia of North Palm Beach, Florida; Becca Schaffer of Brooklyn, New York and Jacqueline Schaffer of Levittown, Pennsylvania; and Virgil Bismark "Mark" Baldi lll of Greenwich, Connecticut. Her husband of forty four years, Virgil Bismark Baldi Jr. passed away in June 1998.
Several organizations are important to the Baldi family. These include Female Soldiers: Forgotten Heroes http://www.homesforthebrave.org/support-us/donate/ National Kidney Foundation https://www.kidney.org/support and the American Diabetes association http://www.diabetes.org/. Donations may be made in Janet Baldi's name.
There will be a service for Janet Baldi on Saturday, December 19 at 2pm at The First Church of Round Hill, 464 Round Hill Road, Greenwich, Connecticut.