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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.

Marion Anna Rose Day

02/19/1928 - 08/11/2024

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Obituary For Marion Anna Rose Day

Marion Anna Rose (Cousino) Day, age 96, of Oregon, Ohio fulfilled her Earthly duties to return to our Lord on Sunday, August 11, 2024.

Born to Burton and Beatrice (Bodi) Cousino on February 19, 1928, in Bono, Ohio, she was an inspiration to all, with her calm and caring nature. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother to so many of us. It is said that her father was so excited about the birth of his second child and first daughter, that at 5:00 AM, he took a lantern and headed across the fields to give his parents the good news. Coming back at daylight, his lantern was still lit, which he was teased about for a long time!

Marion attended Clay High School and Mary Manse College, majoring in Elementary Education. Her early jobs were at Grants and American Flooring in Toledo.

She and Carl married in 1952 and raised five children. Marion and her family also lived in Kentucky and Texas before returning to her home state of Ohio, where she and Carl’s final home was in Walbridge, Ohio. Marion retired from St. Charles hospital after many years there. She enjoyed being active with family and friends and had many stories of her time spent at the Senior Center in Walbridge. Marion has been blessed with the special loving care of her youngest daughter Charlene, who devoted so much of herself in these last years.

Marion is survived by her son Michael Day of Texas, daughters Pat (Dennis) Hagan of Kentucky, Teresa (Glen) Bloom of Marysville, and Charlene Spaulding of Michigan. Also 13 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren, and 4 great-great grandchildren. Brothers Burton, Larry (Teresa), and sister Sharon (Joe) Filipovich, all of Ohio. And many dear nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband Carl Day, son Steven, Brothers Robert, Reynold, Kenny and Jerry, sisters Joyce Peters, Donna Jean Spewiek and Judy Eaton and son-in-law Matt Spaulding.

Friends will be received at Witzler Shank Walker Funeral Home, 701 N. Main St, Walbridge, Ohio on Sunday, August 18, 2024 from 4:00 PM-7:00 PM. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM. A funeral mass will be held at St. Jerome Catholic Church, 300 Warner St, Walbridge, Ohio at 11:00 AM with burial to follow in Lake Township Cemetery. Memorial donations in Marion’s name may be made to Hospice of Northwest Ohio or to the Alzheimer’s Association.

We will miss your presence, our beloved mother, sister, aunt and friend. But the beautiful memories and unselfish love you gave us will sustain in our hearts always and never forgotten. Because you were a faithful servant of God, his arms will hold you now.

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