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.

Diana "Diane" J. Chasteen

08/08/1940 - 03/03/2024

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Obituary For Diana "Diane" J. Chasteen

Diana “Diane” J. Chasteen, age 83, of Walbridge, Ohio, passed away in the care of Hospice of Northwest Ohio – Perrysburg on March 3, 2024. Diane was born to John Methena and Dorothy Large on August 8, 1940, in Toledo, Ohio. Diane worked as a general manager at Tony Packo’s for many years. She cared for her family deeply.

Diane is survived by her children, Crystal Chasteen and Marvin “Jack” (Beth) Chasteen Jr., siblings, Beth (Bob) Curavo, Kathy Chasteen, and Jim (Melanie) Sharp, special cousins, Clara Yanez and Shelley Serres, and many nieces and nephews that were close to her heart. She is preceded in death by her mother and father, stepmother, Carol Methena, stepfather, Harold Compton, siblings, Terry Methena, Ben Methena, Jim Mathena, Judy Kohli, John Methena Jr., William “Bill” Methena, and Mike Methena, and special cousin, David Yanez.

Friends and family may be received from 12:00pm-3:00pm on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home – Walbridge, 701 N. Main Street, Walbridge, Ohio 43465. A memorial service for Diane will be held in the funeral home at 3:00pm on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Memorial donations may be made in Diane’s honor to Hospice of Northwest Ohio. Arrangements were made in the care of Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home – Walbridge. Online condolences to the family may be made at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com

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