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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.

Brad Patterson

4/22/1983 - 7/12/2025

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Obituary For Brad Patterson

With deep sadness, Bradley John Patterson, age 42, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Brad is united with our Heavenly Father and reunited with his father, John, who he has missed for many years. Brad was a family first guy and a friend to many. He was a very loving and attentive father, son to his loving mother, Carol, husband, and uncle. He was always spending time with family and taking them on vacations. Brad made every day special and fun for his relatives and friends, but Sundays were always the best because he always called Sunday the Funday. It always consisted of either swimming, jet skiing, pontooning, or Game day at Dave and Buster's. He really enjoyed spending time on his boat and out at the islands in the Point with family and friends.

He was a generous and caring person. There were many times he would surprise a waitress at a restaurant who had told him that they were working their way through college with a heavy tip. He would wish them good luck with their goals and tell them to use the tip towards their education. Education was very important to Brad. He was well educated and was very professional at his craft. Brad was a person who would give the shirt off his back to help someone - unless the shirt was a Brown's shirt or an Ohio State Buckeye shirt since he was an avid fan of both. He was the first to send a wave of texts on Saturday by typing two capital letters O-H, to which he would receive a flood of responses of I-O from his intellectual friends and relatives. Brad loved listening to music, especially Eminem (his favorite rapper) and Lil Wayne. He was an avid collector of shoes with an extreme love for Jordans, which he almost always wore on his feet.

He loved all 4 of his children and all of his family and friends very much. He made every day a blessing, especially Sundays. Brad even took very good care of his fur babies, Evah and JuJu, who drove him crazy but he loved them dearly.

Brad is survived by his beloved wife, Jodi; daughters, Braelyn, Averie, Madisyn; son, Brayden; sisters, Judie (Rob), Jane (Dave “PJ”), Wendy (Robin), mother, Carol (Mark); parents-in-law, Dave and Laurie; cousins, Tracy (Ken); and countless other extended family members and friends.

Friends and family may gather on Saturday, July 19, 2025, from 11 am – 4 pm at Walker Funeral Home, 5155 W. Sylvania Avenue, Toledo, OH 43623, to celebrate Brad and his life. Those attending are strongly encouraged to wear their favorite sports team shirts or jerseys to keep the casual and comfortable feel Brad would want. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation made to the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation in honor of his loving father, John Patterson.

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