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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.

Penny Klawitter

11/27/1954 - 11/11/2025

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Obituary For Penny Klawitter

It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved daughter, sister and friend, and one of the brightest lights in our family, on November 11, 2025. Penny was just 16 days shy of her 71st birthday. She was the second oldest of six in our family. Penny's love for her family and attending family events always took precedent over all else. Penny's laughter would always fill any room; her shining outgoing personality brightened any and all events. A 1972 Bowsher High School graduate, Penny worked in the cardiovascular department at Toledo Hospital for 38 years. Penny had a great love for her many dogs, whether they be rescues or dogs she sought out, and her great talent for decorating the home she and her husband, Jimmy, built in 1996. There will be no measuring how Penny will be greatly missed by her family and all the lives she touched throughout her life.

Penny was preceded in death by her father, Frank W. Fulkerson; and her middle brother, Timothy Fulkerson; brother-in-law, Edward Klawitter; sister-in-law, Susan Moszkowicz. The love and memories Penny filled our hearts with will forever be remembered and cherished by her loving husband, James Klawitter; step-daughter, Darcy Spence (John); her mother, Susanne M. (Pritts) Fulkerson; her siblings, Sally (Fulkerson) Harris (Ken), Thomas Fulkerson (Brenda), Julie (Fulkerson) Wasserman (Rick), Franz Fulkerson (Anne); brother-in-law, Ronald Klawitter (Margot); along with numerous step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews; life long friends, Joyce Ulmer-Brainard and Ruth Callihan; and her many friends and colleagues at Toledo Hospital. A private service celebrating Penny's life for the family will be held at a date to be determined. In lieu of flowers please send any and all donations the Jerusalem Township Volunteer Fire Department.

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