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.

Carla Jean Spitler

08/05/1948 - 03/05/2024

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Obituary For Carla Jean Spitler

Carla Jean Spitler, 75 - Whitehouse, OH

Reunited with her love of 43 years, Carla Spitler joined her late husband Carl in eternal heavenly peace on March 5, 2024. A caring and friendly conversationalist, she lived an amazing life blessed by three equally amazing children, Scott Spitler (Katherine) Overland Park, Kansas; Steve Spitler (Julie), Milford, Ohio; and Shelley Spitler Merz, Dyer, Indiana.

Born in Alton, Illinois on August 5, 1948 to the late V. Wayne Hurst and Virginia (Duncan) Hurst, Carla grew up in Illinois and Perrysburg, Ohio, where she spent her formative years. After graduating from Perrysburg High School in 1966, Carla attended Stautzenberger College and worked in customer service roles over the years, always with a smile and eager to help others. In her free time, she enjoyed spending time with family, friends, and Jack the cat!

In addition to being survived by her three children, Carla leaves behind her brother, V. Wayne (Mick) Hurst Jr., his wife Lori (Muncie) Hurst of Escondido, California. She was also a loving grandma to eight Spitler grandchildren - Brandon, Jack, Samuel, Caroline, Isabella, Jacob, Benjamin, and James. Carla’s life was full of love. Nothing made her happier than to celebrate her grandchildren through sharing pictures and stories with friends, and her constant tokens of love through calls, texts, or her obscure holiday cards with heartfelt messages (always with $5 included). With a total of 14 nieces and nephews to round out the circle of love, one could say she had a full cup!

Preceded in death by her parents in 1993 and 1995 respectively, infant sister Judy Hurst in 1946, and her husband Carl Spitler in 2011, she is forever reunited with each, likely catching them up on all she experienced in a life filled with an abundance of great experiences.

In honor of our parents, the family respectfully asks those who are able to consider a donation in their names to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Family and friends will be received at the Witzler-Shank Funeral Home, 222 East South Boundary St., Perrysburg, from 4pm-7pm on Friday, March 15, 2024. A private graveside service for family will be held at Fort Meigs Union Cemetery. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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