Obituaries

After the war, he worked with the Veterans Administration and graduated from American University. He was a certified public accountant.

He worked for about 30 years with a group of six restaurants owned by Aldo Prati and his family: Aldo's, the Eagle's Nest, the Turtle, Channel House and the Rotunda, all in Washington, and the Linden Inn in Bethesda.

Mr. Teri greeted diners as a restaurant host and manager and was the restaurants' accountant. He retired in the 1980s.

He was a volunteer handyman with the old Immaculate Conception High School in Washington.

For many years, Mr. Teri shared a house in Washington with his mother, twin brother, Leo, and several nieces and nephews. He later lived in Arlington County and had a weekend cottage on the South River in Maryland.

Survivors include a brother, Ulderigo G. Teri of Forestville.

-- Matt Schudel

Wesley A. GeraldFairfax County Dispatcher

Wesley Alan Gerald, 43, who had spent 20 years as a fire and police dispatcher for Fairfax County's 911 center before retiring last month, died Nov. 4 at Georgetown University Hospital. He had complications from a kidney transplant.

He was a Fairfax County native and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School.

He was a carpenter before joining the 911 center. For much of his career, he was a photographer for Bailey's Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department.