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.

Sandra "Sandy" Jeanne Stremlow

07/20/1949 - 02/19/2025

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Obituary For Sandra "Sandy" Jeanne Stremlow

Sandra “Sandy” Jeanne Stremlow, 75, passed away peacefully on February 19, 2025 in Perrysburg, Ohio.

During her lifetime, she was employed by what is now known as Lucas County Job and Family for 26 years. She was an elected AFSCME Steward for 14 years.

Sandy enjoyed tennis, walking, gardening and photography along with her cats Ickeye and Belle.

She will be missed by many.

She was preceded in death by her parents Vernon W. Stremlow and Patricia Powers Stremlow. Sandy is survived by her brother Mark P. Stremlow and sister Susan (James) Nagy. She was aunt to John and Sara and great aunt to Camille, Duncan, Josephine, Alexander, Elizabeth and David.

A funeral mass will be held for Sandy on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Rose Catholic Church, 215 E. Front Street, Perrysburg, OH. Burial will follow in St. Mary Cemetery in Norwalk, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, please donate to a charity of your choice.

Condolences may be made online to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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