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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.

Carolyn Rose Stepnick

01/18/1938 - 01/20/2025

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Obituary For Carolyn Rose Stepnick

It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Carolyn Rose Stepnick, who left us peacefully on January, 20, 2025. Carolyn lived a life full of kindness, generosity, and unwavering love for family and friends

Carolyn was born in Stoney Ridge Ohio, to loving parents, Clyde and Flossie Wagoner. From an early age, she exhibited a passion for learning and a curiosity about the world. She and her five siblings grew up on their father’s poultry farm in Lucky, Ohio. As a child she attended Stoney Ridge Methodist Church with her family. She graduated from Lake high school, and she continued with her education and started working for The Edison Company in Toledo, Ohio. That was where she met the love of her life, Noel Joseph Stepnick.

Noel and Carolyn married on September 14, 1957. They had five beautiful children. They then moved from Toledo to Perrysburg Ohio. Setting roots in the Perrysburg community and St. Rose Catholic Church. Unfortunately, their love story ended when Noel suddenly passed at the age of 36. Leaving Carolyn to raise their children on her own, the youngest child was just five years old. That didn't deter Carolyn. She would pack up her family and go camping with her sister and her family. Carolyn gave her children the best life she could being a single mother and grieving for the love of her life.

Carolyn enjoyed watching her grandchildren grow and then was blessed to be a great grandmother. She was thrilled when her last grandchild was born and lives in the same town so she could be involved in all of the school activities, social and sporting events. She enjoyed family reunions and tending to her yard and flower gardens. She was a dedicated parishioner at St. Rose and she became a secretary there to be closer to her children as they attended school. She volunteered and became a part of the Alter Sodality. Carolyn would be the one in the gathering to engage in conversation with strangers and make them feel welcomed.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Noel Joseph Stepnick; daughter, Elizabeth Stepnick Miller; brothers, Lowell, Howard and Charlie Wagoner. She is survived by her loving children; Cate Stepnick Miller, Pete Stepnick, John Stepnick and Joseph (Rozanne) Stepnick; 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren; her sisters, Maxine Delisle Schulte and Hazel Kepus; many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Calling hours will be held on Friday, January 24, 2025 from 4 to 8 pm with a vigil service at 7 pm at Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, 501 Conant St, Maumee, OH. A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, January 25 at 10:30 am at St. Rose Catholic Church, 215 E. Front St, Perrysburg, OH. Burial will be held at Troy Township Cemetery.

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