John Terry Maltsberger, M.D.

John T. "Terry" Maltsberger, M.D., of Lexington, MA died Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at his home. He was 82.

Dr. Maltsberger was born and raised in Cotulla, Texas, a son of the late John and Ruth (Rogers) Maltsberger. He was a 1955 graduate of Princeton University and earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School four years later.

After interning and residencies in Pennsylvania and at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston he became a specialist in the field of psychiatry.

In addition to his medical practice at MGH and at McLean Hospital in Belmont Dr. Maltsberger was a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and was a visiting professor in the same field at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota.

He also consulted for a number of years to the Mental Health Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.

Dr. Maltsberger leaves his children, Joshua Maltsberger of Lexington, Eliza Maltsberger of Boston and Noah Maltsberger of Somerville and his brother, William Maltsberger of Cotulla, Texas.

Family and friends honored and remembered Dr. Maltsberger's life by gathering to visit at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, October 15th in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, where his Funeral Mass was celebrated.

Memorial mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Dilley, 11am, followed by internment at the Dilley Cemetery. Father Michael Nolan of Waltham, MA will be officiating the mass.

Memorial donations may be made to the New England Conservatory of Music, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 or online at www.necmusic.edu