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.

Eileen F. (Haas) Reid

05/23/1930 - 05/09/2024

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Obituary For Eileen F. (Haas) Reid

Eileen F. (Haas) Reid age 93, of Perrysburg, Ohio passed away on May 9, 2024 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio. Eileen was the 8th child out of 11 born in Perrysburg, Ohio to John V. and Helen C. (Hertzfeld) Haas.

Eileen graduated from Perrysburg High School class of 1948 where she played basketball for the school at that time women were only allowed to play half court.

Eileen was a woman of many talents. Not only did she create a home and raise four children she also went to work selling Eureka sweepers at Lion Store when the children were older.

Her third career was establishing a garage door company E. B & H Sales with a family friend Hank Kaufman. That company is still in Perrysburg operated by one of her nephews.

In her spare time, she and her sister Joanne created beautiful hand sewn quilts for family and friends. One of her quilts won first prize at the Wood County Fair.

Eileen was a lifelong parishioner of St. Rose Parish and had a deep faith in God; no matter what tragedy would come and faithfully said the rosary every day.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Susan (Mark) Stephens; Christine (Carl) Schultz; Daughter-in-law Debra Reid; grandchildren, Jacob (Toni) Reid; Kevin (Stephanie) Reid; Michelle Schultz; Erika (Scott) Greenberg; step grandson, Andrew (Marnie) Hartman; eight great-grandchildren and her last surviving sibling, Joanne Junkins. Eileen was preceded in death by her parents John V. and Helen Haas; sons Brandley Reid and David Reid; family friend Hank Kaufman and 9 siblings.

The family would like to thank the staff of Hospice of Northwest Ohio for the care Eileen received in the last weeks of her life.

Per Eileen’s wishes final services will be private. She will be buried at St. Rose Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, Perrysburg. Condolences may be made online to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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