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.

Martha Agnes Lake

11/19/1926 - 03/17/2024

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Obituary For Martha Agnes Lake

Martha Agnes (Jaeger) Lake left us peacefully on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at her home in Toledo surrounded by her loving family, cradling in her arms her namesake and great-granddaughter, holding hands across three generations.

Born November 19, 1926 in Toledo, Ohio, she was the daughter of Magdalen (Navarre) and Julius Francis Jaeger.

Martha is survived by her children, Gerard Lake (Paula), Shirley (Lake) Mominee, and Thomas B. Lake; daughter-in-law, Marianne Palmer; grandchildren, Kelly Colvin (Andrew), Stephanie Tinney (Royce), Roberta Brenner (Joshua), Anthony (Mick) Mominee II (Nichole), Katherine (Katie) Mominee, Robert Mominee, and Wendy Reinhart (Michael); her grandson-in-law, Leonel Perez; and 6 other great-grandchildren, Lindsay Ishmael (Dakota), Gelder Perez, Crosby Mominee, Rory Mominee, her namesake Quetzali Martha Perez-Mominee, and ­­­­19 other great grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren; her brother, Virgil Jaeger; the Sunday dinner crew; and many other loved ones who cherished her dearly.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of many years, John J. Lake; sister, Catherine (Kate) (Jaeger) Rowe; brother-in-law, John C. Rowe; son-in-law, Anthony (Tony) Mominee; partner in dessert, Eugene (Bandit) Ulrich; and 7 siblings.

Martha was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Church and attended Ursuline Academy. She and John raised their three children in Toledo, before retiring to Cape Coral, Florida to be close to her best friend and dearest sister, Kate. In her later years, she returned to her hometown to be surrounded by her extended family.

Martha is proof that it’s never too late to live your best years. Despite living through incredible hardship, she came through as everyone’s loving grandmother. To Martha, family was everything; her children and grandchildren were her sustaining force.

Martha loved playing cards and making everyone laugh with her stories about the good ole days. In her younger years, she enjoyed ceramics, roller skating, and sewing clothes for her children. She was famous for getting a cup of soup and washing your spatula before you finished cooking. Martha loved a good rummage sale, a church dinner, and family get-togethers. She was as sweet as the treats she loved.

Martha was a deeply sentimental, sensitive, and beautiful soul. She will be remembered for her unconditional love and acceptance, her words of support, and her constant presence.

Grandma, we loved you for nearly 100 years, and we would’ve kept you for 100 more.

Visitation: Friday, March 22, 2024 from 5-8pm with story sharing and the rosary at 7:00pm at Walker Funeral Home in Oregon, OH.

Funeral: Viewing Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 10-11am with Catholic mass at 11am at Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church in Genoa, OH. Burial directly following at St. Ignatius Catholic Church Cemetery in Oregon, OH.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Vincent DePaul Society. https://www.svdptoledo.org/ or Helping Hands of St. Louis https://catholiccharitiesnwo.org/what-we-do/feeding-the-hungry/helping-hands-of-st-louis.html

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