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 Lou Hall
11/13/1959 - 09/16/2024
Obituary For Cynthia Lou Hall
Cynthia Lou Hall, “Cindy”, 64, of Toledo Ohio, Passed away following a brief and sudden illness, Monday September 16th 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 13th 1959, in Bowling Green Ohio to Jim Cavin and Frances Hagerty.
Cindy graduated from Springfield High School. She had a long, passionate career working with children and adults with disabilities and recently retired after several years as a Springfield Local Schools bus aide. Cindy was a loving, devoted wife. Most importantly she was a loving and supportive grandmother. Everyone called Cindy, “Nani”. Whether they knew her or not, Cindy was always “Nani” to all she had met.
Cindy dedicated all of her time to being a wonderful grandmother. She spent many of her weekends cheering on her grandkids at sporting events and being the loudest one in the crowd. She loved taking them on frequent Starbucks runs and shopping for jewelry and purses to add to her collection. Cindy made sure that no matter what was going on in life, her family gathered together for every: holiday, birthday and most importantly Christmas. No one made Christmas more special than Cindy.
Cindy is survived by her spouse, Joe Daly; Mother, Frances Hagerty; Siblings Carol (Mario) Martinez, Diana Cavin-Foster, Dan (Amy) Cavin, and Rob (Dawn) Cavin; Children, Herman Siler III, Ryan Siler, Melissa (Thomas) Stoll; Grandchildren, Jakob, Kris, Dylan, Andrew, Jaiden, Briana, Ryan, Maddelynn, Madden, Adreama; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends as well as beloved great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her Father, Jim Cavin; Step Father, Deloyd Hagerty and Granddaughter, Adriana.
The Family wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation the many expressions of love, support and kindness shown to the past couple days.
A viewing will be held Thursday September 19th at Walker Funeral Home, 7438 Airport Hwy, Holland OH 43528. The viewing will be held between 3:00pm-6:00pm with a service to follow.
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