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Therese ‘Terry’ Pounds (Joiner): 1927-2024

Therese “Terry” Pounds (Joiner), 97, of Montclair, NJ died peacefully surrounded by family at Mountainside Hospital on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend, Terry was born a ‘survivor,’ having lost her mother who died soon after her birth in 1927 in New York City. She subsequently lived all over the world as a self-described “army brat” after her father, Colonel Talley Dosier Joiner, remarried and reclaimed “his little Therese” from her aunts who raised her until she was six. After graduating from Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ, Terry briefly attended college at Trinity, DC, then decided to go to Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in NJ. The skills she learned there served her well at her first secretarial jobs in Manhattan, then later at Montclair Kimberly Academy in Montclair where she worked for almost twenty years in the Office of External Affairs. She was proud of her mastery of the rules of English grammar, and many relied on her to proofread their letters. After the death of her husband in 1978, Terry set up a Montclair chapter of THEOS, a nationwide non-denominational support group for widowed men and women. She ran the group for approximately ten years and created friendships from that work that lasted until her death. She was also involved with the Friends of Barnet and the Montclair Fine Arts Festival.

Terry was predeceased in death by her husband, Donald Pounds, her son Richard, her beloved companions, Arthur Jones and Fred Berinato, and her sisters Lucy and Claire. She is survived by her son Donald Pounds and his companion Patrice Holtzer, daughter Mary Pounds Sisler, daughter-in-law Bette Pounds, sons James Pounds (Bethany) and Thomas Pounds (Liljana), daughter Virginia Pounds, sons Michael Pounds (Catherine) and John Pounds. She was the proud grandmother of sixteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren: Katy, Austin, Colleen, Connor, Jordan, Jason, Jeremy, Natalie, Anika, Evan, Noah, Ben, Eli, Max, Harper and Nolan; Scarlett, Emma, Carson, Peyton and Wesley. She is also survived by a large extended family and countless friends.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 9 at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 30 N. Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042, followed by interment of ashes at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Upper Montclair.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Terry’s name to The Release Recovery Foundation at: https://donate.hakuapp.com/donations/new?fundraising_effort=in-loving-memory-of-therese-terry-pounds.

Agathe "Aggie" Geffe

05/25/1943 - 10/26/2024

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Obituary For Agathe "Aggie" Geffe

Agathe “Aggie” (Regius) Geffe, aged 81, passed away on October 26th, 2024, at Maumee Pointe Senior Living, Maumee, OH. Aggie was born on May 25, 1943 in Sachsisch Regen, Romania to Julius and Selma (Heiter) Regius. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.

She immigrated to the United States along with her parents and sister, Inga, and brother, Sigmar, in 1952, to Grosse Pointe Park, MI, where she learned English and became a citizen, and graduated from Grosse Pointe High School in Grosse Pointe, MI. She met her future husband, Roger Geffe, on a blind date, and they were married on August 28, 1965; She and Roger settled in St. Clair Shores, MI, where they enjoyed life with their two children, Scott and Brian. The family moved to Perrysburg, OH in 1984. After a few years, Aggie decided to get back into the working world, working in the billing departments of X-Ray Associates in Toledo, St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, and the former MedCorp private ambulance service in Toledo, before retiring in 2008.

Aggie’s faith was taught to her from a young age, and she lived out that faith throughout her life. To that end, she was a member of the bell choir at Salem Memorial Lutheran Church in Detroit, MI, as well as in the choir at Zoar Lutheran Church for over twenty years.

She also enjoyed boating and socializing with the folks at Indian Hill Boat Club in Maumee, OH. Aggie and Roger enjoyed cruising to destinations such as Vermillion and South Bass Island, OH, and other ports of call along the south shore of Lake Erie and up into the Detroit River, or just taking a run down the Maumee River on a sunny afternoon.

Aggie was diagnosed with dementia in 2018, and moved to Maumee Pointe Senior Living in Maumee, OH, in September of 2023. She continued to make positive connections with many of the residents there, always being a helper, as she always was to countless people throughout her life. We especially thank the staff at Maumee Pointe for their care throughout the past year, as well as the team at Hospice of Northwest Ohio.

Aggie is survived by her husband, Roger; children, Scott, Brian (Rebecca); grandchildren Ava and Drew; sister Inga Woodworth, and brother, Sigmar Regius. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Friends and family will be received Sunday, November 3, 2024 from 3-6 p.m. at Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, 222 East South Boundary, Perrysburg (419-8974-3133) Visitation will continue Monday, November 4, 2024 from 10-11 a.m. at Zoar Lutheran Church, 314 E. Indiana Ave, Perrysburg, where funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Fort Meigs Union Cemetery. Charitable Donations in Aggie’s honor may be made to Zoar Lutheran Church, or the Hospice of Northwest Ohio. Condolences may be made online to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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