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.

Donald E. Coffey

01/02/1933 - 11/28/2024

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Obituary For Donald E. Coffey

Donald Ellis Coffey, 91, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home with his family on November 28, 2024. He was a devoted husband for over 67 years, and is survived by his loving wife, Lois. He also had three children: Debbie preceded him in death (and Jim Ronda), Brenda (and Denis Yurkovich), and Jeff (and Melissa). He was a grandfather to Kelly (and Kevin Gardner), Kim (and Mark Palmer), Kayla (and Bobby Parziale), Brianna, and Ty Ellis. He was also a great grandfather to Caleb, Meliah, Ryleigh, Nolan, Emma, Law, and Oak.

He served in the Army and enjoyed a long career as an Industrial Engineer. He loved spending time at Merry Lake with family and friends, and especially enjoyed captaining pontoon boat rides for everybody to have fun! After retirement he loved building doll houses and had several win awards and his haunted doll house was put on display at the Perrysburg Public Library. In his later years, he really enjoyed playing games with the family.

Visitation with the family will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from 2-4 p.m. at Witzler-Shank- Walker Funeral Home in Perrysburg, 222 E. South Boundary Street, Perrysburg (419-670-7199), with a funeral service beginning at 4 pm. Condolences may be made online to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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