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.

Carol Ann Lawson

04/18/1949 - 04/28/2025

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Obituary For Carol Ann Lawson

Carol Ann “Terry” Lawson lost her battle with cancer on April 28, 2025. Terry was born on April 18, 1949 to Louie and Margaret Cousino who preceded her in death along with siblings Annette, Jeannette, Richard, and Eugene. She was also preceded in death by her ex-husband Gilbert Donald Lawson, step-daughter Colleen Bailey, precious Granddaughter Jenna Rae Albright, and her unborn great grandchild, baby Albright.

Terry was a custodian for Toledo Public Schools until she retired. She loved her many cats and treated them like they were her children. She always enjoyed receiving care packages with candy in them and during her healthy years she enjoyed working in her yard, taking care of her flowers, and spending time in the pool. Her family will miss her quirky sense of humor, the way she made everything funny, and talking to her on the phone.

Terry is survived by her loving son Louie W. (Jenifer) Albright, step-daughter Tammy (Jarrod) Hayes, grandsons Louie D. (Kristine) Albright, Tyler Albright, and Henry Hayes, great-grandchildren Lillian and Lincoln Albright, and siblings Avon (Harold) Watson and James “Jimmy” Cousino.

Cremation services were handled by Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, Perrysburg, Ohio. The family will have a graveside service on Friday, May 16th at Porter Packard Cemetery in Morenci, Michigan at 2:00 pm followed immediately by a luncheon at Morenci Church of the Nazarene.

Condolences may be made to the family online at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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