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.

Nancy J. Dewey

12/23/1954 - 11/17/2023

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Obituary For Nancy J. Dewey

Nancy J. Dewey, 68, of Perrysburg, passed away Friday, November 17, 2023 at Toledo Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Nancy was born December 23, 1954 in Toledo, Ohio to Frank and Nellie (Duffy) Reis. She married David Dewey on September 17, 1976 and they shared 47 years together.

Nancy was a wonderful housewife who poured her heart into her children. She loved being a mom and attending all their sporting events. Nancy was an avid reader and soccer fan, loved to garden, listen to music and travel; especially to The Outer Banks and Key West.

She is survived by her husband, David; children, Elizabeth (Matthew) McCollough, Abbey (Mike) Engler and Daniel (Jennifer) Dewey; grandchildren, Kennedy, Harrison, Jamal, Evan, Marriona and Sawyer; sisters, Linda (Herb) Hipple and Pat (Jerry) Layman and sister-in-law, Annette Blair. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Friends and family will be received Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from 5-8 p.m. at Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, 222 E. South Boundary Street, Perrysburg (419-874-3133). In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Nancy’s name to the impfoodpantry.org, Toledo Zoo or your favorite children’s charity. Condolences may be left online to the family by visiting www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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