Theresa “Terry” Marie Coady, who established Walterry Insurance Brokers with her husband, Walter, in 1968, died on Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Fort Washington, Maryland, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 87.
Born on Feb. 23, 1935, in Georgetown, Maryland, to the late Joseph and Mary Lepore, she married her husband, Walter J. Coady Jr., on Nov. 15, 1968. Together, the couple raised their five sons from former marriages and formed Walterry Insurance Brokers.
In 1976, the company began writing insurance policies for news organizations and, eventually, became one of largest insurers of media outlets in the country.
The family has requested that donations in her memory be made to the Alzheimer’s Fund.
