Obituaries

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.

Anton "Anthony" Drahan

09/20/1950 - 10/31/2024

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Obituary For Anton "Anthony" Drahan

Anton “Anthony” Drahan passed away peacefully on October 31, 2024, at the age of 74. He was well loved by his family and will be missed by many. A very special thank you to all the staff who took care of Anthony and loved him at Arbors at Sylvania.

Born in Austria on September 20, 1950, to his parents, Jan and Stephanie (Maslak) Drahan, he moved to the United States as a small child.

He loved Taco Bell, M & M’s, Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups, and the bubbles in soda. He would move in his own way to any kind of music and enjoyed people watching. Anthony would watch the squirrels, cardinals and especially ducks! Playing Peek a Boo if he liked you, or fake coughing if he wanted you to move away from him, Anthony had his ways of telling you exactly what he thought. He was a great listener and enjoyed his hand massages.

All of the special memories will be held by his family including, his siblings, Mathew (Kathy), Edward, Katherine, Barbara, Stanley, Susan; nieces, Carrie (Ken), Stephanie, Marcie, Jennifer (Aaron), Josephine, Mackenzie, Jessica, Victoria (Casey); great nieces and nephews, Heavenly, Rebbica, Joseph, Camey, Neptune, Clary; and great-great niece, Isabella. He was preceded by his parents and brother, Joseph.

A celebration of life will be held at Arbors at Sylvania on 11/15/2024 at 2pm.

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