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.

Marcelene R. Davis

01/28/1931 - 12/12/2024

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Obituary For Marcelene R. Davis

Marcelene Rose Davis of Perrysburg, Ohio passed away on December 12, 2024 at the age of 93. She was born on January 28, 1931 to Harry and Nellie Miller. Marcelene was a member of Zoar Lutheran Church in Perrysburg. She and her husband, Bill, enjoyed taking trips with the Road Scholars’ Elderhostle Program across the U.S. and Canada. Family, gardening, and reading were her favorites.

Surviving are her children; Catherine, Bradford (Carol), Gail (Phil), and Randall (Pam). Also, grandchildren Elisa (Patrick), Maxim, Amber (Matt), Maurice, Maggie (Matt), Nichole (Scott), and Gregory (Ashlea); and great grandchildren, Chloe, Zoe, Corbin, Trevor, Savanah, Aaliyah, Brayden, Oliver, Hudson, and Easton; brother-in-law, Joseph Norris, and nephews Thomas (Jean) and Steven. Deceased before Marcelene are her husband, William Davis, granddaughter Kali Davis-Radcliffe, nephew James Norris, and her two younger sisters, Constance and Patricia.

Funeral services will be held Monday, December 16, 2024 at 12:00pm at the Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, 222 East South Boundary Street, Perrysburg, OH (419-670-7199) burial will follow in Fort Meigs Union Cemetery.

The family is very appreciative of the care and support of the funeral home personnel, and Pastor Paul Reichert of Zoar Lutheran Church. Memorials may be sent to Zoar Lutheran Church at 314 East Indiana Avenue, Perrysburg, OH 43551; or to the Oaklawn

Hospice at 13444 Preston Drive, Marshall, MI 49068. Condolences may be made to the family online at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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