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.

Billie Jo Griner

09/04/1949 - 09/02/2023

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Obituary For Billie Jo Griner

Billie Jo Griner, 73, of Perrysburg, Ohio, passed away peacefully at Northwest Ohio Hospice September 2nd, 2023, following a brave and long battle with cancer. Billie was born on September 4th, 1949, in Evansville Indiana. She was a local artist and was active in the Michigan Art Guild working on and exhibiting in the annual Ann Arbor Art Fair as well as many more shows in the Eastern USA. She was an animal lover and adored her kitties, Josie and Fred who are missing her greatly. Billie prided herself on being unique and different, always saying what was on her mind and how she felt and her favorite phrase “you betcha”. Her laughter and advice will live on forever. Billie was loved and will be missed by those who knew her.

She is survived by her husband of 49 years Jim Griner; two sisters, Vickie (Dan) Rutkowski of Nokomis FL and Deanna (Ken) Mateer of Huntley IL; a sister-in-law, Debbie McKeand of Toledo; and her nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William (Bill) and Josephine Yearby; her brother, Patrick; and sister, Mary Lee Miller.

A visitation will be held on Friday, September 15th, from 3 - 6:30 p.m. at the Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, 222 E. South Boundary Street, Perrysburg OH.

In Lieu of flowers please consider donations to Paws and Whiskers Cat Shelter or to the Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Billie’s name.

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