Essex County NJ Archives Photo Person.....Teresa Lynn GELENIAN-WOOD, 2006 
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Paul Wood piwood@aol.com March 26, 2009, 5:44 pm

Source:             Paul Ivan Wood
Name:               Teresa Lynn Gelenian-Wood
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Photograph published December 1, 2006 in the NY Times along with the obituary.
GELENIAN-WOOD--Teresa November 19th, age 51, of Montclair, NJ, internationally 
recognized artist, and contemporary metalsmith. For the last year, Terri has 
been fighting a battle with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma--a rare cancer 
caused by exposure to asbestos. Terri was born June 10, 1955, in Racine, 
Wisconsin to Ovagem (Augie) Gelenian and Rosemary Krikorian. Her trademark 
work, executed by cold joining high polish sterling silver and brightly 
colored materials like Corian and Formica, is held in many private collections 
and in the Benton Seymour Rabinovitch Collection housed at the Victoria and 
Albert Museum in London. Ms. Gelenian-Wood received her Bachelors of Fine Arts 
from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, and her Masters of Fine Arts from 
the Tyler School of Art Temple, University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Terri is survived by her mother, Rosemary Gelenian, her sister Loretta Olson, 
both of Racine, Wisconsin, her sister Stephani LaMantia, of West Allis, 
Wisconsin and her husband of 18 years, Paul Wood of Montclair, NJ. Cremation 
will be private. Terri will be honored privately at the Gelenian-Wood 
residence in Montclair on Sunday, December 10th and again in Racine, 
Wisconsin. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Arts Students League of NYC, 
the Newark Museum in Newark, NJ, or the Wustum Museum of Art in Racine are 
encouraged.

Additional Comments:
Terri lived in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey from 1995 until her death 
November 19, 2006.  Ashes burried with marker on the grave of her father, 
Augie Gelenian in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.

The submitter is the author of this obituary and the photographer of the picture.


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