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.

Cynthia L. Campbell

11/27/1959 - 07/14/2023

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Obituary For Cynthia L. Campbell

Cynthia “Cyndi” L. Campbell, 63, of Oregon, Ohio, passed away Friday, July 14, 2023, at her residence after a brief illness. She was born in Perrysburg, Ohio on November 27, 1959, the daughter of Gordon A. and Joan E. (Moore) Venne. After high school she went on to earn her Bachelor’s degree in education. Her passion was helping children learn and she applied this desire while teaching at RFS Behavioral Health in Toledo.

Cyndi would be described by those who knew her as kind, compassionate and loving. Traits that made her a good communicator and friend to her students. She loved nature and enthusiastically shared that with her grandchildren, Xavier, and Coral. They had many adventures going to various parks, the art museum, and just hanging out playing board games. Cyndi was a great nature photographer and captured its beauty wherever she went, even in her backyard where she maintained her beautiful flowers. Cyndi has always been an animal lover and advocate, even fostering kittens for the Humane Society. When football season started, she could be found rooting on her favorite team, the Green Bay Packers!

Cyndi is survived by her son, Dan Campbell and his wife Kristin, grandchildren, Xavier and Coral, brother Greg Venne and his husband, Paul. Preceding her in death were her parents and brother, Jeffrey Venne.

Visitation for Cyndi will be held from 2:00-5:00 PM, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, with a funeral service to follow at 5:00 PM at the Sujkowski-Walker Funeral Home & Crematory, 830 Lime City Road, Rossford, Ohio. Interment will take place at 10 AM, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in the Ft. Meigs Union Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio. Memorial contributions may be made to the Toledo Humane Society, 827 Illinois Ave., Maumee, OH 43537. Online condolences may be shared at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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