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.

Judy Lee Graves

09/11/1943 - 10/27/2024

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Obituary For Judy Lee Graves

Judy Lee Graves, age 81, a resident of Anne Grady Center in Holland, passed away peacefully on October 27, 2024. She was born on September 11, 1943, in Cleveland to the late Lee and Mary Elizabeth (Wood) Graves. Judy worked at Lott Industries in Holland for many years, retiring in December 2011. She lived at the Maumee House from 1983 until she moved to Anne Grady in July 2019.

In her free time, Judy enjoyed earning and spending money. As a “Foodie”, she especially enjoyed making visits to the vending machine! She was an avid fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes and loved the red, white and blue – all things U.S.A. Judy also enjoyed doing puzzles, playing BINGO, and watching game shows, crime shows, and Good Morning America.

Judy will be lovingly remembered for her social nature and fun-loving personality. She loved to be with people and was always ready to celebrate and have a party. It wasn’t unusual, with her terrific sense of humor on full display, for Judy to have a 30-second dance party!

Judy is survived by her loving caregivers and roommates at Anne Grady. All of her immediate family preceded her in death.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 10 am until the time of funeral services at 11 am in the Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, 501 Conant Street, Maumee. Judy will be laid to rest at Riverside Cemetery in Maumee.

Contributions in her name can be made to the Anne Grady Center, 1525 Eber Road, Holland, OH 43528.

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