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.

Olive G. Kimball

Passed 08/21/2023

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Obituary For Olive G. Kimball

On Monday, August 21, 2023, we lost our amazing mother, Olive G. Kimball, she was 101 years old. She was born in Brittany, LA to Charles D., Sr., and Josie (Sides) Fridge on January 24, 1922. Olive was a strong woman, who believed in hard work, strong family bonds, and dedicated service. She joined the Woman’s Auxiliary Corps, the pioneering women of the Army, serving during WWII. While in the service, Olive met George Kimball, and they were married on his birthday, May 12, 1945. They later settled in Toledo where they raised five children. Olive was a fierce mama bear who sought the best for her children. She later returned to the workforce as a package handler at General Mills. All the while she was devoted to her family and showed unconditional love to everyone who knew her.

Olive is survived by her children, Fran Rowe (John), Bob (Jane) Kimball, Charlie (Diana) Kimball, Rick (Kim) Kimball, Valarie (Keith) Ullery; grandchildren, Rick, Rob, Randy Rowe, Connie Hebert, Katy Box, Kortney Good, Bob, Chris, Laura, Val, Ben, Michael Kimball, Amy Donnelly, Rachael Strochine, Stephanie Sherer, Quintin, Olivia, Victoria Ullery; 35 great-grandchildren and one more on the way; 11 great-great-grandchildren with two more on the way; sister, Jodie Mae Crawford of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sisters, Elme Sevario, Johnnie Powers, and brother, Charles D. (Boo) Fridge, Jr.

Friends will be received on Thursday, August 24, 2023, beginning at 9 a.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Parish, 4555 N. Haven Avenue, Toledo, until the time of Funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. Burial will take place in Ottawa Hills Memorial Park at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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