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.

Mary Ann Story

09/08/1939 - 11/17/2023

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Obituary For Mary Ann Story

Mary Ann (Deuschle) Story, age 84, passed away peacefully with her family on Friday, November 17, 2023 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio after a short second battle of breast cancer.

She was born on September 8, 1939. She was a World War II baby, an only child of Paul and Bessie (Valasek) Krasula. She was very proud of her Czechoslovakian Heritage and was raised on a small farm in Genoa where she graduated from Clay-Genoa High School in 1957 with high honors and enjoyed being a cheerleader. She was a waitress at age 15 under a special work permit at the Blue Moon Restaurant in Genoa until graduation and then worked for Toledo Edison until age 20. She then married Joseph Deuschle of Oak Harbor in 1958 and together they raised three children; she was a devoted and loving homemaker for 10 years.

In 1969, Mary Ann re-entered the workforce, working for Owens-Illinois Ink and Die Plant in Perrysburg for 14 years. While working full-time and raising her family, she was able to earn an Associate’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Toledo. She was then a single, divorced mother. Later, she met her “soul mate,” Augustus (Gus) Story. Together they started Story Color Corp. and worked side-by-side for 13 years until they retired in 1997.
She had an amazing life with Gus, enjoying their lovely home in the woods and creating new and interesting travel experiences in many international continents and visiting all of the United States until he passed in 2006. Since then, she continued traveling with her children and friends to beautiful places. Mary Ann said her most accomplishment in life was her “family.” She cherished family holidays and special time with friends!

Mary Ann felt very blessed and had a strong passion for giving back by volunteering at St. Luke’s Hospital for 17 years until the hospital recently closed, she also volunteered at St. Rose Church serving meals at Helping Hands of St. Louis in Toledo, and most recently volunteered at the Perrysburg Food Pantry distributing food to those in need. She was a current member of the Anthony Wayne Garden Club and the 1948 Toledo Art Museum Women’s Group. Her other passions included reading novels, enjoying nature, and going to the movies.

She is survived by her three children, Mark (Madonna) Deuschle, Donna (Timothy) Robinson, Mary Jo (Mark) Slowinski, and stepson, Paul (Susan) Story; grandchildren, Gregory Rossler and Jessica (Todd) Curtis; step grandchildren, Jason (Andrea) Story and Brian Story; great grandchild, Aubrey Curtis; step great grandchildren Amber (Steven) Young, Jillian and Jaclyn Story; step great, great grandchildren Leah and Madison Young.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, November 26, 2023 from 1:00 - 6:00 pm at the Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, 222 E. S. Boundary, Perrysburg. A funeral mass will be held Monday, November 27, 2023 at 10:30 am at St. Rose Catholic Church, 215 East Front Street, Perrysburg. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Toledo, where Mary Ann will be laid to rest beside her beloved husband, mother and father. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Rose Catholic Church or Northwest Ohio Hospice. Condolences may be made on-line to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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