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.

Karl J. "Jay" Kayser

5/25/1931 - 8/22/2025

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Obituary For Karl J. "Jay" Kayser

Karl J. "Jay" Kayser, 94, of Toledo, formerly of Tiffin, died at 8:28 am Friday, August 22, 2025, at Ohio Living Swan Creek, Toledo.

Jay was born May 25, 1931, in Findlay, OH, to Karl A. and Mary (Simons) Kayser. He married Marguerite A. “Peg” Klein on June 14, 1952, and she died May 5, 2024.

Survivors include four sons, Timothy (Debbie) Kayser of Oregon, OH, Donald (Margie) Kayser of Toledo, OH, Matthew (Cindy) Kayser, of Fort Collins, CO, Daniel Kayser of Ashville, NC; two daughters, Nanette (Rod) Drew of Temperance, MI, Janette (Dennis) Schell of Maumee, OH; 19 grandchildren, Jason, Matt, Kevin, Erika, Kirk, Kristen, Jenna, Justin, Jessica, Kyle, Scott, Terry, Iris, Jacob, Anna, Kalani, Kekoa, Katie, Audrey; and 32 great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, James Klein of Cincinnati, and two sisters-in-law, Mary Jolene Smith of Tiffin and Jean Lutes of New Riegel.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and three brothers, Thomas Kayser, John Kayser, and Daniel Kayser.

Jay was a 1949 graduate of Tiffin Columbian High School and earned an accounting degree from BGSU, a master’s from Ashland University, and was a C.P.A. He served in the United States Coast Guard from 1951 to 1954. Jay worked in accounting at Maumee Valley Hospital, Toledo; Medical College of Ohio, Toledo; Sharon General Hospital in Sharon, Pennsylvania; and Mercy St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was an All-Buckeye in high school football. He was a high school football Referee for many years in northwest and north central Ohio.

The Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 8, 2025, at All Saints Catholic Church, with Rev. Timothy Kummerer officiating. Burial will follow in St. Boniface Cemetery, New Riegel, with the United Veteran Council of Seneca County performing military rites. Visitation will be one hour prior to the Mass at the church. Arrangements by TRAUNERO FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY, 214 S. Monroe St., Tiffin, Ohio 44883. (419)447-3113.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin.

To get directions, send condolences to the family, or to order out-of-town flowers, go to www.traunerofuneralhome.com

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