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.

James R. Bancroft, Jr.

08/04/1948 - 10/27/2023

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Obituary For James R. Bancroft, Jr.

James R. Bancroft, Jr., 75, of Lambertville, MI, passed away at Hospice of Northwest Ohio on October 27, 2023. He was born on August 4, 1948, to James R. Sr. and Frances (Laney) Bancroft. He graduated from Rogers High School in 1967. He was a Vietnam Veteran in the U.S. Navy Seabees and was in the Seabees Reserves for eight years. Jim was a member of the American Legion Post 468. He also was a member of MCB 53 illumi and the Seabee Veterans of America. He worked in construction as a drywaller and he and his first wife owned a Builders Supply Company. He also worked for TARTA as a bus driver for 13 years before he was put on disability. Jim and his second wife owned a pet store and raised exotic birds. He worked at the Toledo Humane Society and as a manager at In & Out Mart where he retired in 2011. Jim enjoyed hunting, fishing at Lost Peninsula Marina, farming, and working his apple orchard. After retiring, he enjoyed golfing with his brother.

He was preceded in death by his first wife of 17 years, Carrie; his second wife of 15 years, Jeanette; father, James R. Bancroft, Sr.; and his mother, Francis R. Bancroft, who passed away when he was 8 years old. Jim is survived by his son, Anthony (Roseanna) Bancroft; daughters, Rebecca Bancroft, Mary (Rick) Jurski, Jacquelyn Bancroft, and Charlotte (John) Wawrzyniak; 10 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; brother, Allen; sisters, Virginia, Laurie, Terry, Tammie, and Debbie. He will be missed by many including his two closest friends, Sylvia and Tiffanie.

All are welcome to visit at the Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, 501 Conant St., Maumee, on Thursday, November 2, 2023, from 2-9 p.m. The funeral service is on Friday, November 3, 2023, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with interment to follow at Roth Cemetery.

A special THANK YOU to the nurses, doctors, care teams, and friends at the Toledo Clinic, Promedica Bay Park Hospital, Promedica Flower Hospital, Promedica Toledo Hospital, Kingston of Perrysburg, Aspen Grove, and Hospice of Northwest Ohio. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jim’s memory can be made out to the Wounded Warrior Project or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Condolences can be shared at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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