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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.

Rebecca S. Lands

07/31/1977 - 08/13/2024

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Obituary For Rebecca S. Lands

Rebecca S. Lands, age 47, of Perrysburg, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at The Toledo Hospital after a long battle with cancer.

Becca was born July 31, 1977, in Toledo and graduated from Woodward High School in 1996. She went on to a long career of more than 20 years with Walgreen’s Distribution Center. In her free time, Becca completed her bachelor’s degree with the University of Phoenix in business administration.

She loved curling up on the couch and watching a movie or her favorite TV show. This might include watching a soap opera or game show, particularly The Price is Right or Family Feud! Becca was also an avid sports fan and faithfully cheered on the New York Yankees, Miami Dolphins, and Michigan Wolverines. She was over the moon excited about the Wolverines’ recent National Championship victory. Some of her other joys in life were found in collecting many, many purses and pairs of shoes. If you knew Becca, you also knew that she loved pink and of her passion for butterflies. Everything simply had to be decorated with a butterfly. Kind, thoughtful and fun-loving, she had a great sense of humor, loved to laugh and her outgoing personality established Becca many lasting friendships. She will be deeply missed.

Left to cherish her memory is her beloved son, Anthony Johnson; dad, Leon (Sherri) Lands; brother, Shane Eckhart; sisters, Virginia Morgan (Steven) and Leann Lands (Shaun Lepper); nieces and nephews, Calvin, Andrew, Samantha, Hope, Jonathan, Shauna, and Emily; and great niece, Serenity. Becca was also preceded in death by her mother, Virginia McLaughlin in 2018; uncles, Ed, George, and Benny; and aunt, Debra.

Family and friends are invited to visit on Thursday, August 22, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the funeral ceremony at 1:00 p.m. in the Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, 501 Conant Street, Maumee, OH 43537. Committal rites and burial will follow at Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg. In Becca’s honor, please adorn yourself in pink or in attire with butterflies on it!

Contributions in her name are suggested to the American Cancer Society.

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