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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.

Herbert C Griner

Passed 08/10/2023

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Obituary For Herbert C Griner

Herbert “Sam” C. Griner, 89, passed away August 10, 2023 at Kingston Residence of Perrysburg. He was born in Perrysburg, Ohio on June 1, 1934 to Earl and Cora (Snyder) Griner. Sam married his sweetheart, Phyllis Wamer on April 14, 1956 and have spent 67 years together.

Sam honorably served in the U. S. Army. He retired from Ed Schmidt Pontiac as a parts manager and served as a past president of the Toledo area Parts Managers Club. Sam enjoyed working in hardware after retirement, always staying busy.

Sam is survived by his wife, Phyllis Griner; sons, Gary, Roger (Kimberly) and Kenneth Griner; grandchildren, Lindsey (Jon-Alan) Shrewsbery, Brittany (John) Krock, Samantha (Justin Sawmiller) Griner and Cory Griner; great grandchildren, Ivy Krock and Alessi Sawmiller; sisters-in-law, Kate Warns, Lila Younkin and Patti Schinharl, brothers-in-law, Larry (Mary) , Dan (Carol) Ike (Jo) and Rex(Dorothy) Wamer; many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; children, Howard Griner and Sheila Lee; 2 brothers and 6 sisters.

Friends will be received at Sujkowski Walker Funeral Home, Rossford, Ohio on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 from 4:00 PM-7:00 PM. Online condolences may be left to the family at walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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