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 Edward Ahl

12/08/1967 - 09/30/2024

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Obituary For Donald Edward Ahl

Donald Edward Ahl of Temperance, Michigan passed away on Monday, September 30, 2024 after a heroic six-year battle with cancer, with his family by his side.

Donald, born December 8, 1967, son of Patricia and the late Thomas Ahl, grew up in Point Place. He graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1986 and then went on to the University of Toledo. After college he started his financial career at New England Financial, eventually finding his home as a financial advisor with Edward Jones in Sylvania in 2012. He was dedicated to serving his clients and cherished his time working at Edward Jones with Linda Bourgeois and Alicia Enright by his side.

Outside of work our strong, stubborn, patriarch loved to travel the world, especially to his happy place, Maui, Hawaii. He spent his free time with his children and his bulldog, Stanley. He could often be found in his favorite chair with any one of them snuggled by his side watching Michigan football.

Don is survived by his wife, Elicia Eddy; children, Lizzie, Gracie, Thomas, and August Ahl; mother, Patricia Ahl; brother Jeff (Andrea) Ahl; and his former spouse, Donna Toy.

He was preceded in death by his infant daughter, Emily “PJ” Ahl; father, Thomas Ahl; and his favorite uncle, Paulie Zalecki.

Friends and family will be receiving visitors on Monday, October 7, 2024, from 4 to 7:30 PM at Walker Funeral Home, 5155 W. Sylvania Ave., Toledo, OH 43623. A memorial service will take place the following day on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at the funeral home beginning at 11 AM followed by a private burial.

The family wishes to thank the entire staff of hospice of Northwest Ohio Ebeid for their kindness and care, as well as Dr. Rashid and Brittany Zenk at the Toledo clinic for their continued care and support over the years.

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