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Subject: OT Obituary for my Wife

electroglyph opened this issue on Mar 15, 2004 ยท 46 posts


electroglyph posted Mon, 15 March 2004 at 12:59 PM

HENRY, TERESA COMPERE who graduate from Webb School, and attended U.T. and Merrimac College, had boundless enthusiasm for a wide range of eclectic topics. Teresa was very devoted to her husband: John James Henry Jr, and to her children: Maria Alyxandra, Laura Amanda, and Rebecca Elizabeth. She was an Air Force ROTC cadet at UT. While attending Merrimac she was on the Student Board of Governors for the Massachusetts public Interest Research Group. She was one of the first females in the 70s to join the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity. A member of the clamshell alliance, She is most proud of a photograph published in the New Hampshire Union Leader with her picture under the heading Sodomites Invade Seabrook She is also fond of scheduling American Indian Movement members to speak at Webb Civics class and the chairman of the Communist Workers Party to the Young Republicans. Personal computers were a major interest in her life, starting around 1974, when she joined an explorer Scout Troop focused on early computers. This grew into a lifelong passion which Teresa enjoyed sharing with a wide range of friends and Computer King customers. Her enthusiasm led her to become Vice President of Vender Relations for the East Tennessee Computer Society and to write an educational Column for its newsletter. The critically acclaimed column won first place in educational writing from the National Association of Computer Users. She particularly enjoyed assisting both schools and The Florence Crittenton Agency with software. For 18 years she was the very successful Public Relations Chairperson for the Pellissippi Beautification Committee. At the time of her death she was reading Patricia Cornwalls Blowfly Gryzmeks Ethology of Lower Vertebrates, and Georgette Heyers the Corinthian. She is survived by her husband; children; mother: Maria Compere; sisters: Alicia & Suzy; parents-in-law: Jim & Audrey Henry. Family and friends will meet at Edgewood Cemetery 11:15 A.M. Tuesday for graveside services at 11:30 A.M. with The Rev. Dr. Craig Kallio officiating. The family will receive friends 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Monday at Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel Knoxville Tennessee USA