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.

Dawn M. Miller

05/31/1960 - 01/06/2025

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Obituary For Dawn M. Miller

Dawn Marie Miller, 64, of Perrysburg, passed away Monday, January 6, 2025 at her home. Dawn was born May 31, 1960 in Toledo, Ohio to Robert and Donna (Fey) Boltz. She married Brian Miller on June 22, 1984 and they shared 40 years together.

Dawn was a private, family-focused woman, and those fortunate enough to know her experienced her wonderful sense of humor, deep love, and incredible generosity. She had the sweetest soul and would do anything for those she cared about without hesitation.

Along with her husband Brian, she is survived by her daughters, Hannah (Erik Wengle) Miller and Rachel (Binh Huynh) Miller; dad, Thomas Sawicki; siblings, Terry (Linda) Boltz, Lisa (Jeff) Diekman and Scott (Lisa) Boltz; mother-in-law, Vera Miller; sister-in-law, Linda Miller and brother-in-law, Gary (Brenda) Miller. She was preceded in death by her mother, Donna, father, Robert and father-in-law, Frank E. Miller.

A private remembrance will be held by the family at a later date, and they encourage all who knew and loved Dawn to honor her memory in their own personal and meaningful way. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Islamic Food Bank of Toledo.

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

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