Philip And Jeannette Theriault, Antique Dealers, Arts Patrons

Philip Theriault studied for the priesthood, served in Army intelligence and operated English and French language schools in Japan.

Jeannette Theriault was an Army nurse.

Both loved beautiful things and the arts, and they pooled their talents in Seattle to promote them.

The brother-sister antique dealers died of injuries after being struck by a vehicle Feb. 6 as they were crossing Elliott Avenue in a marked crosswalk near the Seattle International Trade Center. Ms. Theriault, 62, died Feb. 6; Mr. Theriault, 64, died Feb. 9.

The Theriaults, who operated Les Theriault antique dealership in Fremont, were showing some of their merchandise at the Seattle Antique Show, sponsored by one of the art groups they patronized, the Seattle Symphony Women's Association, when they were struck.

"They were very much involved in the Seattle Symphony and in the Opera Guild and theater," said a brother, Joseph Theriault of Lisbon Falls, Maine. "Both did a lot of traveling. They were very much involved in the arts as patrons, loved and enjoyed ballet, museums, antiques and the collecting thereof."

The two also were active in St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ballard, where they served as lectors and communion ministers.

Mr. Theriault aspired to be a priest-missionary, his brother said. He attended a Catholic seminary in Massachusetts, Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind., and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. But a year before he was to take his vows, it was discovered that an allergy to certain plants would make it impossible for him to serve in the missionary field, the brother said.

So, instead, Mr. Theriault joined Army Intelligence. He was discharged in Japan, where he opened his English and French language school. It expanded to seven schools over 25 years before he came to Seattle in 1988.

In the meantime, Ms. Theriault was earning a registered nurse's certificate from the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Portland, Maine. She joined the Army in 1951, serving for 18 years, including a half-dozen years in France, Belgium and West Germany.

Ms. Theriault was given a medical discharge from the Army and came to Seattle with her mother, Anna Theriault. The mother, 99, is a resident of the Mount St. Vincent Nursing Center.

The brother and sister had been expanding their antique shop before the accident.

Besides their brother, Joseph Theriault, and mother, Anna Theriault, they are survived by two sisters, Rita Oakham, Portsmouth, R.I., and Ernestine Tecoraro, Casco, Maine.

Funeral services have been held. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery in Lacey, Thurston County. The family suggests remembrances to an AIDS organization.