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.

Easton Hayes Sharpe

08/27/2024 - 09/16/2024

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Obituary For Easton Hayes Sharpe

Our precious little angel, Easton Hayes Sharpe, beloved infant son of Madison Law and Dylan Sharpe, went to be with our Lord Monday, September 16th, 2024.

Baby Easton was born August 27th, 2024. We may have only held you in our arms for a moment, but we will hold you in our hearts forever. He was only here for a short 20 days, but the footprint he left on this world will never be forgotten. He brought joy and happiness to everyone who met him, and during his short time on this earth he only ever knew love, comfort, and warmth.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his two big brothers, Beckham and Greyson; paternal grandparents, Bryan Sharpe and Kelli Gilsdorf; maternal grandfather, Milton Law; maternal uncles, Shayne, Jordan, Evan Law; paternal uncle, Thomas Sharpe; paternal great-grandparents, Kim and Bill Gilsdorf, Deborah and Doug Sharpe; Paternal great-great-grandmother Janice Moore

He is preceded in death by maternal grandmother, Julie Law; maternal great-grandparents, Joyce Edwards, Carl Edwards, Ray Love, Betty Gersch and Milton Law; maternal great-great-grandparents, Evelyn and Eugene Wells; paternal great-great-grandmother, Helen Damon.

Friends and family are invited to visit at Walker Funeral Home, 5155 W. Sylvania Ave, Toledo, OH, on Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., with a funeral service beginning at 12 p.m. Interment will follow at Toledo Memorial Park.

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