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.

Dan D. Robinson

07/31/1961 - 05/31/2024

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Obituary For Dan D. Robinson

Dan D. Robinson, 62, of Oregon, Ohio, passed away on Friday, May 31, 2024, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Toledo, with his family at his side. The son of Rodney and Mary-Etta (Sodd) Robinson, he was born in Toledo, Ohio on July 31, 1961. He was raised in Toledo and graduated from Waite High School in 1979. Dan married the love of his life, Denise K. (Larges), in Oregon, on June 22, 1996, and have shared many wonderful years together.

Dan started his working career at the scrapyard, working on lake freighters, later working for the CSX Railroad as a Car-man in the Walbridge Yard, for the next 10 years. Dan, in 2002, was diagnosed with a form of ALS which forced him to retire. He was also diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017. He continued enjoying all that life had to offer, spending time with his family tubing and camping at Riverview Campground in Sterling, Mi. He also enjoyed fishing and was very mechanically inclined, his friends and family knew he could fix anything!

Dan is survived by his loving wife, Denise; children, Dan Robinson II, Tiffany Robinson, Krystal (Ben) Smith, and Austin (Karla) Robinson; ten grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and siblings, Mary (John) Tansey, Larry Kwapich, Janet (Sean) Hardy, Tim Robinson and Joe (Deb) Smith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rodney & Mary-Etta Robinson.

A graveside service will be conducted for Dan, on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at 10:00 AM, in the Willow Cemetery, Oregon, Ohio.

In Loving Memory if you would like to make a donation in Dan's name, please consider, St Mark Lutheran Church Food Pantry, 611 Woodville Rd., Toledo, Oh 43605.

The Walker Funeral Home – Oregon Chapel, is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be shared by visiting www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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