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 Jo Rogers

05/14/1938 - 11/21/2024

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Obituary For Mary Jo Rogers

Mary Jo (Schwind) Rogers, age 86, of Perrysburg, died peacefully at Hospice of Northwest Ohio on Thursday, November 21, 2024. She was born May 14, 1938 in Perrysburg, Ohio to Joseph and Lillian (Getz) Schwind. She attended St. Rose Elementary, graduated from Perrysburg High School and was a life-long member of St. Rose Catholic Church in Perrysburg. Mary is survived by her daughter, Christine, son-in- law Steven Schaller, granddaughters Sarah and Jennifer Schaller, sister Elaine and brother-in-law Frank Billings.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Laurence William, son Larry Joseph, infant son Mark David, sisters; Lucille Rathbun, Kathleen Hartman, Irene Donahue, Helen Kilmer, Irma Hutchinson, June Petz, Dorothy Johnston, Jacqueline Ault and brothers Joseph Jr. and Harold Schwind.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, November 26 at St. Rose Catholic Church, 215 East Front St., Perrysburg, Ohio beginning at 10:30 a.m. Private burial to follow at St. Rose Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider St. Rose Catholic Church, or a charity of the donor’s choice.

Condolences may be made to the family online at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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