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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.

Leslie Jane Strauss Milauc

06/27/1955 - 10/31/2024

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Obituary For Leslie Jane Strauss Milauc

Leslie Jane Strauss Milauc, age 69 years, of Maumee, Ohio, passed away October 31, 2024, at the University of Toledo Medical Center. She was born June 27, 1955, in Lufkin, Texas to the late Robert Henry and Susan Jane (Carithers) Strauss. Her family relocated to Toledo and Leslie attended Harvard Elementary School and graduated from Toledo Bowsher High School in 1973.

Leslie was employed for nearly 10 years at the Good Morning Garden Center in Texas doing one of the things she loved, taking care of plants and flowers. She went on to a more than 25-year career as a surgery coordinator with the former Genito-Urinary Surgeons of Toledo.

Artistic and free-spirited, Leslie enjoyed listening to music, especially the Beatles and Beach Boys, taking beautiful photos, and visiting the Toledo Museum of Art with her daughter. She and Emily also took several art classes together to hone their skills. Experiencing the beauty of nature was most expressly found for Leslie on the beach, in particular, Sanibel Island, Florida, her favorite destination.

Leslie was a longtime member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Maumee where she recently was a part of the Altar Guild. She will be lovingly remembered for her gregarious, fun-loving personality. Leslie enjoyed being with people and others enjoyed her company as well. She found her greatest joy in spending time with her family, especially her late mother and her beloved daughter. Leslie was kind, generous and warm and she will be deeply missed.

Left to cherish her memories are her daughter, Emily; sister, Kathy (Rocky) Rainer; niece, Ann Rainer; nephews, Joe and Jeff Rainer; and her dog, Charlie (who is a Westie). She was preceded in death by her former husband, Mark.

A memorial service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will be announced soon. Leslie will be privately laid to rest next to her parents at Ft. Meigs Cemetery in Perrysburg.

Contributions are suggested for the benevolence of her family and can be made on the Tribute Wall on this page.

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