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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.

Robert J. Conroy

5/6/1931 - 7/17/2025

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Obituary For Robert J. Conroy

Robert J. Conroy Obituary

Robert Joseph Conroy, born May 6, 1931, to the late Martin and Ethelyn (McGill) Conroy, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2025.

Bob was raised in Toledo. Bob’s father was a travel account auditor, which allowed the family to travel to the East Coast and the Midwest during the summers. At age 14, he began working at a pharmacy, delivering medications and manning the soda counter, where he learned to make his favorite Boston Coolers.

Bob graduated from Scott High School in 1949, where he played the trumpet and French horn in the marching band. He enlisted in the Navy in 1951, serving during the Korean War on the destroyer USS Strong. Following his service, he attended the University of Toledo and earned a degree in business administration, finishing in the top 10 of his class. He was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and played in the marching band.

Bob was a pioneer in the computer world and shared many memories of early computers so large that they filled an entire room, with memory capacities measured in KB. He worked at Owens-Corning Fiberglass and helped install several systems, such as the RCA 501, the first transistorized computer. He had many stories concerning the ups and downs of early programming using COBAL and occasionally FORTRAN languages.

An entrepreneur for a time, Bob was a founding partner of Gourmet Curiosities, a retail gourmet kitchen supply store, located at the old Starlight Plaza.

In 1980, Bob married Wanda Rooker. He retired from Owens-Corning Fiberglas in 1986 as Director of Corporate Systems. After retirement, he and Wanda enjoyed traveling to Florida and the Carolinas, as well as spending time at their cottage in Coldwater Lake, Michigan.

Fishing, swimming, and watching classic Western movies were just a few of Bob’s favorite pastimes.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, William. He is survived by his wife, Wanda; daughter, Cathy (Tim) Shirley; stepchildren, Connie (John) Lincoln, Dean (Kathy) Rooker; grandchildren, Brian (Krista), Kyle, Erin (Michael); step grandchildren, Christopher (Stephanie), Bryan, John II (MacKenzie) and Alex (Rachael); and 9 great grandchildren.

A visitation will be held at Walker Funeral Home (5155 W. Sylvania Ave.) on Monday, July 28, 2025, from 10 am – 12 pm, with a memorial service beginning at 12 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to Hospice of NW Ohio or Tunnel to Towers.

The family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the staff of Kingston Residence of Sylvania and Hospice of NW Ohio for their outstanding care.

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