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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.

Doris A. Sanderson

03/22/1932 - 03/29/2025

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Obituary For Doris A. Sanderson

Doris A. Sanderson, 93, of Perrysburg, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Elizabeth Scott Community. She was born March 22, 1932 in Continental, Ohio to Rollie and Myrtle (Spangler) Gordon. She married Richard Sanderson at the age of 19 on May 6, 1951 and they spent 74 loving years together.

Doris worked for a few businesses, ending her career at the Fashion Closet in Perrysburg. She enjoyed the water and beach and loved their house on Lake Doster in Plainwell, MI. She enjoyed traveling with Richard to Vero Beach and Fort Meyers, Florida. She liked watching athletics of all types especially Ohio State football and track and field. She and Richard attended the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1996. Doris took great pleasure in her grandchildren whether it was watching cross country meets, baseball games, singing performances or spending quality time during the summer months when they came to visit. She will be remembered for her outgoing personality. She loved being around people and could strike up a conversation with anyone. Everyone who knew her knows that she had a funny sense of humor and laughed a lot.

She is survived by her husband, Richard; children, Stephen (Cathy) Sanderson and Leslie Munger; grandchildren, Sarah (Ross) Bextermueller, Lindsay (Adam) Andrews, Scott (Amanda) Sanderson; Peter Munger and Nicholas Munger; great-grandchildren, Elliott, Weston, Addley, Harry, Zeke, Eliza, Grant and Zoey. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, George, Donald and Shirley.

Friends and family will be received Thursday, April 3, 2025 from 11-12 p.m. at Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, 222 E. South Boundary Street, Perrysburg, where funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. Burial will follow in Fort Meigs Union Cemetery. The family is deeply grateful to the people at Elizabeth Scott Community and Hospice of Northwestern Ohio for the care they provided Doris.

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

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