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.

Brian Thayer Kesler

03/03/1976 - 10/10/2023

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Obituary For Brian Thayer Kesler

Brian Thayer Kesler, 47, of Perrysburg, Ohio passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on March 3, 1976 to Richard and Karen (Gaertner) Kesler. He married Michelle M. Keller on November 18, 2006.

Brian worked in IT. He enjoyed traveling, especial to Disney World. He loved taking cruises and going camping with his family. He was a loving husband, dad, son, brother, uncle, and friend who will be greatly missed.

Brian is survived by his wife, Michelle Kesler; daughters, Kaitlyn and Kaysen Kesler; mother, Karen Breitner; sisters, Jennifer (Joseph) Russell, Christie (John) Bacon, and Carly (Nicholas) Zieske; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, uncles, and aunts. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Kesler; grandparents, Kate and Leroy Gaertner, Thayer and Edith Kesler.

Friends will be received at Witzler Shank Walker Funeral Home, 222 E. South Boundary St, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551 on Monday, October 16, 2023 from 2:00 PM-8:00 PM. A funeral mass will be Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 1:00 PM in St. Rose Catholic Church, 215 E. Front St, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551 with burial to follow at St. Rose Cemetery. Memorial donations in Brian’s name can be sent to St. Rose Church or to St. Rose School. Online condolences may be left to the family at walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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