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.

Joyce Ann (Kennedy) Gilts

07/03/1932 - 08/23/2023

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Obituary For Joyce Ann (Kennedy) Gilts

Joyce Gilts, 91 of Perrysburg, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at the Manor of Perrysburg. Joyce was born in Ames, Iowa July 3, 1932 to Edwin N. and Alberta (Davis) Kennedy. She graduated from Charles City High School, Charles City, Iowa in 1950.

After high school, Joyce and three of her girlfriends moved to Washington D.C to serve as clerks at the FBI. Joyce met Sgt. Richard (Dick) Gilts USMC, the love of her life, at Quantico, Virginia during a USO dance. The young couple continued a romance through Dick’s deployment in Korea. When Dick returned from Korea and was discharged from the Marines they were engaged and then married. They were married in Iowa City, Iowa, on January 23, 1954 and soon moved to Toledo, Ohio where they would reside until moving to Walbridge, Ohio in 1972.

Joyce and Dick were hands-on parents, actively participating in their children’s sports, cub scouts, music lessons, family events and social activity at Bethany United Methodist Church. Joyce and Dick were enthusiastic participants in a lifelong social group formed at Bethany, The Ford Runabouts. The Runabouts were close friends who met monthly at each of the members’ homes. The Gilts’ continued these friendships as long as they were physically able to get together, and kept in touch through mail and phone calls as they aged.

Joyce was primarily a full-time mother and home manager when the boys were young, but did work outside the home for Sears and Ambassador Greeting Cards.

Joyce was an avid baker and a thoughtful homemaker. Her lemon meringue pie and cheesy potatoes were requested often by her grandchildren. Joyce and Dick traveled frequently with friends and through Dick’s work. The young family primarily spent vacations either camping or visiting family members in Iowa or Oscoda, Michigan.

In retirement Joyce and Dick continued to travel and also actively participated in Zenobia Shrine activities and Walbridge VFW Post #9963 where Dick served as the Quartermaster.

One of Joyce’s most frequent phrases was “Well bless your heart!” She genuinely delighted in spending time with her children and grandchildren, and her grandchildren loved spending time with “Mema” especially sleepovers. Joyce was incredibly proud of her children and grandchildren, and was a dedicated and loving caretaker to many in her life.

Joyce was preceded in death by her husband Richard G. Gilts, Parents, in-laws Glenn M. and Hilda Gilts, Brother Dr. James F. Kennedy, Sister in-law and Brother in-law Clifford and Betty Loveday and her Grandson Jaryd Wellstead Gilts.

Joyce is survived by sons Richard A. (Mary Beth) Gilts, Timothy D. Gilts, and Christopher T. (Jamie) Gilts; Grandchildren, Tara D. Gilts, Erika E. (Rikki) Gilts, Jacob D. Gilts and Joshua N. Gilts; great- grandson Jack W. Gilts-Surovjak and brother, Joseph D. (Irene) Kennedy.

The Gilts’ family wishes to express our sincerest and heartfelt thank-you to The Manor of Perrysburg and Hospice of Northwest Ohio for the compassionate and professional care which Joyce was blessed to have received.

Friends will be received on Friday September 8, 2023 beginning at 4:00PM until 7:00PM at Witzler-Shank- Walker Funeral Home 222. E.S. Boundary Street, Perrysburg, Ohio.

The funeral service, officiant: Rev. Kathryn Rivera Torea, will be held at the Perrysburg First Presbyterian Church, 200 East Second Street, Perrysburg, Ohio beginning at 9:30AM on Saturday September 9, 2023. Interment will follow at Fort Meigs Union Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio.

In lieu of flowers please consider donations to any of the following organizations:

Perrysburg First Presbyterian Church

Perrysburg Schools Foundation the “Jaryd Wellstead Scholarship”

Hospice of Northwest Ohio

Condolences may be left to her family online at walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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