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.

Loretta M. Hartman

02/13/1926 - 08/23/2023

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Obituary For Loretta M. Hartman

Loretta M. (Eckel) Hartman, 97, of Perrysburg, passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at St. Clare Commons. She was born February 13, 1926 in Toledo, Ohio to Elmer and Loretta (Smith) Eckel. She married Norman J. Hartman on April 22, 1950. Together they built their home on Ovitt Road in Perrysburg. Norman passed on January 22, 2013 and Loretta continued living in the same house until she passed. Together, raising four children, Cheryl, Rick, Randy and Sheila.

She graduated from Haskins High School in 1944. Employed as a billing clerk at Ohio Belting and Transmission for 8 years in Toledo, Ohio until starting their family. Loretta enjoyed traveling with her husband, via air, train or bus tours. She loved to bake, especially desserts. She enjoyed cooking and experimenting with new recipes.

Loretta lived in Perrysburg all her life and was a lifetime member of St. Rose Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband of 63 years, Norman; sons, Randy and Rick Hartman; four brothers, Elmer “Bud”, Richard, Robert and Paul Eckel and sister, Jane Mooney

Loretta is survived by her two daughters, Cheryl Peters of Bowling Green, OH and Sheila (Jeffery) Carstensen of Luckey, Ohio; daughter-in-law, Bonnie Hartman; sister, Joanne Smithey of Scottsburg, Indiana; five grandchildren, Jamie, Andy, Bill, Travis and Terrel.; great-grandchildren, Garret, Jorie, Maddie, Cooper, Nathan, Mitchell, Nicholas, Paityn, Austin, Drew, Abby, Jacob, and Beau.

Friends and family will be received Tuesday, August 29, 2023 from 10-11 a.m. at St. Rose Catholic Church, 215 E. Front Street, Perrysburg, OH where a funeral mass will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in New Belleville Ridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Loretta’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or The Shriners. Condolences may be made to the family online at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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