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.

Joseph L. Clark

06/26/1940 - 11/12/2024

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Obituary For Joseph L. Clark

Joseph L. Clark, a resident of Waterford at Levis Commons, Perrysburg, OH, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Perrysburg. Joe was born June 26, 1940 in Missoula, Montana to Howard F. and Margaret (Winter) Clark. The family relocated several times because of his father's job with Consolidated Freight (Joe recalled attending six grade schools and two high schools. Shortly after he graduated from Coosbay High School in Oregon, Joe enlisted in the US Army. He was sent to Okinawa where he served as a director, writer, and sound effects contributor for VUNC, Voice of the United Nations Command radio programs and skits highlighting the values of western, democratic values.

After his discharge from the Army, Joe returned to California and attended UC Berkeley and earned a BA. in Journalism. He worked as a journalist and in Public Relations in San Francisco, Denver, and Los Angeles. In 1991,after completing a master's degree at Cal State Northridge, Joe moved to Toledo for a one-year appointment, teaching journalism and public relations, before moving into administrative positions at the University of Toledo.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing with the Hobbs family and other Toledo friends. Joe and Trudy Robertson married in June 1993 and shared 31 years together. They enjoyed traveling, visiting family in California and Arizona, and Germany, and friends in France and Corsica. With Trudy's sister Emily and her husband, John Anning, they took trips to St. Lucia, Ireland and Scotland. Joe and Trudy spent 12 years living in central Florida before moving back to the Toledo area in July 2023.

Along with his wife Trudy, Joe is survived by his sons Brian Clark and Morgan (Maddie) Clark; grandchildren Emerson and Lachlan Clark; a daughter Amy Clark DeLeon, Trudy's daughter, Alexa Chermak; brother-in-law Leslie Robertson and his wife Julia Gabriel Robertson; sister-in-law Rebecca Robertson, and many nieces and nephews in the Robertson clan. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Patricia Clark.

Services for Joe will be private. Arrangements were entrusted to Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, Perrysburg (419-670-7199). Condolences may be made online to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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