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 Lucy Borer

9/18/1934 - 9/2/2025

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Obituary For Mary Lucy Borer

Mary Lucy Borer, 90, of Tiffin, died at 5:38 pm Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at her residence.

She was born September 18, 1934, in Tiffin, to Salvatore “Sam” and Dominica “Mica” (Famulare) SanGregory. She married James C. Borer July 16, 1955, in St. Mary Catholic Church. Jim died January 5, 2020.

Survivors include two sons, Joseph Borer of Cincinnati and Tom (Cindy) Borer, of Batavia; a daughter, Cathy (Dick) Sliwinski of Westerville; nine grandchildren, Ciara, Vanessa, Nikki, Jon, Jeff, Drew, Maria, Robby, and Matthew; two great-grandchildren Finn and Lucy; a brother, John (Marge) SanGregory of Bellevue; and a sister, Christina SanGregory of Tiffin.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two brothers, Frank and Tony SanGregory.

Mrs. Borer was a 1952 Calvert High School graduate. She was a former telephone operator and also an advertisement inserter at the Advertiser-Tribune. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and its Rosary Altar Society. She enjoyed crocheting, crossword puzzles, and most of all, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Visitation for family and friends will be 4-7 Sunday, September 7, 2025, at TRAUNERO FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY, 214 S. Monroe St., Tiffin, Ohio 44883. (419)447-3113.

The Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday September 8, 2025, at St. Mary Catholic Church officiated by Rev. Jesse Chick, with burial following in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation, St. Jude’s Research Hospital or a charity of the donor’s choice.

To get directions, send condolences to the family, order out-of-town flowers, or to view the Celebration of Life tribute video, go to www.traunerofuneralhome.com

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