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.

Josephine Knapp

12/11/1941 - 5/4/2025

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Obituary For Josephine Knapp

Josephine Knapp, 83, of Perrysburg, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 4, 2025 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg.

Josephine was born December 11, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan to Wayne and Lucille (Clements) Hoffer. Josephine married Richard Knapp on December 30, 1967 and they shared 52 beautiful years filled with love and joy together until he passed on January 17, 2020.

Josephine graduated from Liberty Center High School in 1960. Josephine went to Nursing School in Lorraine, Ohio and worked as an L.P.N. for both Wood County Hospital and St. Lukes Hospitals. She enjoyed traveling with her husband and family. She loved reading, history, watching Jeopardy, playing the slots and visiting and watching the horse races. Josephine was an avid fan of the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Browns and the Bowling Green State University Falcons. Her greatest love, pride and joy were her children and grandchildren. She was fiercely loyal and protective of her family and friends. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

Josephine is survived by her children, Erik (Darlene) Knapp and Michelle (Jeremy) Thomas; grandchildren; Cameron Meredith, Trajan Knapp, Alexis Robinson, Mackenzie Thomas, Olliver Knapp, Kaiya Thomas, Kasen Knapp and Addison Thomas; great-grandsons, Odin and Aurelius and cousins, Jan Hoffer and Suzy Barnes. She was preceded in death by her father Wayne Hoffer.

Friends will be received Thursday, May 8, 2025 from 4-7 p.m. at

Witzler-Shank Funeral Home, 222 E. South Boundary Street, Perrysburg, where funeral services will be held Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Highland Memory Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to the Richard and Josephine Knapp Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Condolences may be made online to the family online at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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