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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.

Dan L. Kronfield

04/26/1945 - 12/29/2024

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Obituary For Dan L. Kronfield

Dan L. Kronfield, 79, of Perrysburg passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 29, 2024. Dan was born on April 26, 1945, in Toledo, Ohio to Frank J. Kronfield and Bonita (Farnham) Kronfield. In 1970 he married Tolanda (Reese) Kronfield and they shared 54 years together.

Dan graduated in 1963 from Bowsher High School in the first class out of Bowsher. In 1968 he graduated from Bowling Green State University with a B.S. in Music. He did graduate work at Vandercook College of Music in Chicago and the University of Dayton.
Dan taught instrumental music for Evergreen Schools and Toledo Public Schools for 30 years retiring in 1997.
While growing up he was always drumming. He was a member of a Toledo Drum Corp, the Demons Drum and Bugle Corp, put himself through college by playing in a rock band, and later was a member of a country band.

Dan was always involved in water sports and activities. He grew up living on Pelee Island in Lake Erie every summer where he worked at his father’s marina. As an adult he had a marina on the Maumee River. He loved swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, and boating. Water skiing was a favorite and he was proud to say he was skiing this past summer at the age of 79.

Dan loved the outdoors and he loved building, whether it was community around the pond in the backyard or his cabin in the woods of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. These loves carried into his work for Habitat for Humanity and Missions International in Haiti.

Dan played trumpet in a community band and often for church. He loved to sing and was a member of the Perrysburg Chorale for many years.

Dan was a member of Perrysburg First Church where he served on the Trustees and was a member of the Chancel Choir and Gloria Ringers Bell Choir.

He is survived by his wife, Tolanda, daughter Elizabeth (Matthew Wicker), granddaughter Teagan Wicker, sister Teresa (Roger) Rollo, brother Frank W. (Lin) Kronfield, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received on Friday, January 3, 2025, from 3-7 p.m. at Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, 222 E. South Boundary Street, Perrysburg, OH 43551. A Memorial Service will begin Saturday, January 4, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Perrysburg First Church, 200 W. 2nd Street, Perrysburg. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers the family asks for contributions to Perrysburg First Church.

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

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