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.

Elizabeth Ann Solomon

06/15/1961 - 09/20/2024

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Obituary For Elizabeth Ann Solomon

Elizabeth Ann “Beth” Solomon was born June 15, 1961, in Toledo, Ohio and passed away peacefully on September 20, 2024, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Throughout her life Beth showed remarkable strength and selflessness and was truly a force to be reckoned with.

In her 20s she worked as an office administrator for a law firm in Toledo, which is where she met her husband Joe who described it as love at first sight. Beth and Joe enjoyed attending concerts, golfing, going to dinner, and traveling. They married in 1987 and had three children: Alex, Hannah, and Joe III.

Known by her nieces and nephews as “Aunt Buddy,” there was nothing Beth loved more than her family. She took pride in being the caretaker of her family and consistently put the needs of her family before her own, which did not go unnoticed. When she wasn’t making a daily breakfast, packing school lunches, or cooking one of her amazing dinners, Beth was busy attending her children’s sporting events and dance recitals. She never missed a game or performance and could always be heard over the crowd.

Aside from being a mom and wife, Beth enjoyed cooking, reading, and spending time at their lake house on Lake Columbia. Beth loved it when her kids' friends would visit the lake house. They shared many laughs on the back patio and around the fire pit and loved late night dance parties on the boat.

Beth was the rock of her family, and her presence will be deeply missed. We will miss her constant love, support, sarcasm and of course, her cooking.

Left to cherish her memories are her loving husband of more than 37 years, Joseph Solomon Jr.; daughters, Alex and Hannah; and son, Joseph Solomon III; siblings, Jerry, Kathy, Mary, Judy, Susie, and Bill; sister-in-law, Marty and Cathy; and countless nieces and nephews; but no grandchildren (lol, sorry mom).

Beth was preceded in death by her parents, Gerald and Dorothy Marchal; her husband’s parents, Joseph Sr. and Lucy Solomon; brother, David Marchal; nephews, Eric Misejka and Luke Hassen.

Family and friends are invited to visit on Thursday, September 26, 2024, in the Walker Funeral Home, 5155 Sylvania Avenue, Toledo, from 4:00 p.m. until the time of a ceremony to share Beth’s story and celebrate her life at 7:00 p.m. Interment will be held privately.

Contributions in her name are suggested to the ProMedica Cancer Institute of Perrysburg or Hospice of Northwest Ohio.

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