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.

Patrick Allan Stein

01/06/1967 - 12/28/2024

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Obituary For Patrick Allan Stein

Patrick Allan Stein, born January 6th, 1967 passed December 28th, 2024 at the age of 57 in his loving wife’s arms and holding his daughter's hand. He is survived by his wife Kelly Stein, his three children, Ryan (Natalie), Michael (Brittney), and Savannah Stein, his five grandchildren, Kylie, Hunter, Cameron, Theodore, and Ethan, his siblings Donna Thomas, Michael (Sandra) Stein, Linda (Charles) Hablitzel, and Mary Jo (Sally) Jaggers, as well as many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, Donald and Marilyn Stein and his sister Sandra Stein.

Patrick was raised in Perrysburg Ohio and graduated with the class of 1985. He began his career working as a general manager at Chi-Chi’s Mexican Restaurant where he met his wife of 32 years. He loved to cook and even spent time as a chef in a French bakery. He later started his own carpet cleaning business, Floor Care Plus, where he enjoyed working with all of his children. Most recently, he worked as a Sheriff's Deputy in the Wood County Sheriff's auxiliary. It was always his dream to serve his community in this way and his family is grateful that he could achieve it. He had a passion for camping, classic rock, and began gardening last spring. Patrick had a fantastic sense of humor from dad jokes to harmless pranks on family members, he was sure to make everyone around him laugh. He was also always looking for ways to help others, whether that was stopping to help in traffic accidents, taking students to the soup kitchen, or simply being there when he was needed.

A viewing will be held in his honor on January 7th, 2025, from 9:00 am to 10:00 am at Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, 222 E. South Boundary St, Perrysburg, OH. ( 419-8743133) A Funeral Mass will follow at 10:30 at St. Rose Catholic Church, 215 E. Front Street, Perrysburg Ohio. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to his family. Condolences may be made online to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com

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