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.

Dorothy A. Haack

03/10/1933 - 05/11/2025

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Obituary For Dorothy A. Haack

Dorothy Ann Lumbrezer Haack, 92 years old, passed away at Rosary Care Center on May 11, 2025. She was born on March 10, 1933 to Kathryn and Lawerence Lumbrezer of Metamora, Ohio. Dorothy graduated from Fulton High School in 1951. She worked at Leffler Electric as an office worker. She was married on February 8, 1958 to Daniel Haack for 32 years until his death in 1990.

She is survived by three children, daughter, Denise (Timothy) Karcask, their children TJ (Danielle) Karcask, Amber (Chuck) Davis and Matthew Karcsak, Daughter- Diane (Carl) Gerdeman and their children Jennifer (Jared) Ellinger and Steven (Jessica) Gerdeman; son, Dennis (Dawn) Haack and their children Carrisa (Robbie) Shiekh, McKenzie, and Aubree Haack; great-grandchildren, Hanna, Kaylee, and Drew Davis, Claire Karcsak, Casion and Addison Shiekh, James and Jonah Ellinger; she is also survived by many nieces and nephews with special nieces, Sharon Heldt, Renee Santus, Teri Lineback, Sandy Vidra, Carol Ann Wright and Patty Church, who came to visit with her often, and a faithful caregiver and friend, Samantha Madrid.

Dorothy is also survived by her oldest sister, Sister Kathryn Lumbrezer of Adrian, Michigan, and her youngest sister Joyce Miller (William) of Sylvania, Ohio; sister in laws, Dolores Haack (Darrell), Geraldine Griner (Carl), and Mary Mathany (John).

Her family members who have passed prior to her are her 7 siblings and their spouses, brothers, Pete (Ethal), Harold (Mary), Gilbert (Mildred), Herman (Cee) Lumbrezer, and sisters, Helen (Robert) Schuster, Marie (Tom) King, and Regina Lumbrezer, Golda & Edward Haack, parents of Daniel her husband, Robert & Joanne Haack, Darrell Haack, Audrey & Reynold Romstadt, Evelyn & Dave Lahey, Cathy & Tom Medon.

Dorothy was a homemaker who loved her family. She belonged to Immaculate Conception Church of Toledo. She was devoted to praying the rosary many times a day. She would attend church daily or watch it on TV. Dorothy enjoyed bingo, word searches and puzzles. Dorothy loved spending time with her family. Dorothy will be remembered for her skills of baking bread and making peanut brittle at the holidays. She also loved to crochet and made numerous ripple afghans for the family.

The family will receive guests on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 3-7 pm with the Rosary at 6:30 pm at the Walker Funeral Home, 5155 W. Sylvania Ave. Toledo, Ohio. There will be a Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, May 16, 2025, at Saint Joseph Parish, 5411 Main St., Sylvania, Ohio, beginning at 10 am with visitation an hour prior. A graveside service will immediately follow at Restlawn Memorial Park, 3665 Genoa Rd., Perrysburg, Ohio 43551. A livestream of the Mass will be available 5 minutes prior at www.stjoesylvania.org/livestream.

The family would like to thank those special care givers at Rosary Care Center that became friends with Dorothy over her 10 years of living there. Also, the care received from Northwest Ohio Hospice team.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Dorothy Haack Memorial Fund. Checks may be made payable to "Diane Gerdeman".

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