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.

Ernestina Silva

01/02/1933 - 08/28/2024

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Obituary For Ernestina Silva

Ernestina Silva, age 91, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on August 28, 2024, in Toledo, Ohio. Tina was born January 2, 1933, in Asherton, Texas to the late Cruz and Edwarda (Chappa) Enriquez. She married Santos Amado Silva on March 7, 1948, and they shared 76-years of marriage and together raised a wonderful family of nine children.

A homemaker who was totally devoted to caring for her family, Tina was also an excellent cook. She was known for her gracious hospitality, always offering her guests something to drink and her amazing homemade refried beans, rice, and tortillas. She possessed an uncanny ability to know the schedules and birthdays of her children and grandchildren by memory, always staying close to what they were doing. A devout Catholic and prayer warrior, Tina loved Jesus Christ and offered her devotions daily. She and Santos were longtime members of the former Good Shepherd Catholic Church (now Epiphany of Our Lord Parish) where she assisted with many parish festivals and participated in Cursillo. Tina’s selfless and giving nature was nothing less than Christ-like.

In her free time, Tina was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan and loved to go shopping. Some in her family might even suggest she was a little “bougie”, especially with her purses. Tina, like her beloved husband, brought joy and smiles to those who had the pleasure of knowing them. Their presence and goodness will be deeply missed.

Tina is survived by her loving children, Juan (Mary) Silva, Mary Silva, Ellie Davis, Rose (Gene) Yedica, Margarita Robison, Carol (Dale) Thompson, and Diana Silva, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Santos on February 29, 2024; children, Maria Belia Urias-Hibbs and Santos A. Silva Jr.; daughter-in-law, Sylvia Silva; sons-in-law, Jeff Hibbs and Scott Davis; grandchildren, Juan Silva Jr., Lisa Urias-Wharton, Victoria Hibbs, and Jacob Robison.

Friends and family will be received from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at Walker Funeral Home – Oregon Chapel, 3500 Navarre Avenue, Oregon, Ohio. The Rosary will be prayed at 7:30 p.m. to close the visitation hours. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 5, 2024, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 729 White Street, Toledo, Ohio, with visitation beginning at 9:30 a.m. Interment will take place at St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery immediately following Mass.

Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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