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.

Juanita L. Payne

06/02/1966 - 11/18/2023

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Obituary For Juanita L. Payne

On November 18, 2023, Juanita Payne succumbed to a long, hard-fought battle with Systemic Scleroderma. We rejoice that she is no longer suffering or in pain. At the same time our family begins our own struggle to fill the emptiness we feel without her.

Juanita was born on June 2, 1966 in Toledo, Ohio to William and Mary Lou (Adkinson) Hohenberger. She attended St. Hedwig grade school and graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1984. After graduation she joined the United States Army and proudly served our country for 8 years.

She will be greatly missed by her sisters; Kathy Hohenberger, Michele (Shaun) Coughlan, Pam Shoup, Trish (Mark) Meyer and brothers, Martin (Joan) Hohenberger, Christopher (Judy) Hohenberger and Steve (Elpida) Hohenberger. The light of her life were her nieces and nephews, Jordan (Kristine) Coughlan, Chelsea Coughlan, Mackenzie (Jeremy) Bigelow, Katie (Brian) Rule, Brad (Janet) Hohenberger, Patrick (Breanna) Hohenberger, Kevin Hohenberger, Nick (Meagan) Hohenberger, Danielle Meyer, Aubrey Shoup and Tyler Shoup. Along with her parents, Juanita was preceded in death by her sister, Karen Hohenberger and her brother-in-law, Warren Shoup.

Friends and family will be received on Sunday, November 26, 2023 from 12-3 p.m. at Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, 501 Conant Street, Maumee where a funeral service will begin at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Juanita’s name to the National Scleroderma Foundation or the Wounded Warriors. Condolences may be made online to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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