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.

Sheri Dawn Michele Brouwer

06/22/1964 - 05/25/2024

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Obituary For Sheri Dawn Michele Brouwer

Sheri Dawn Michele Brouwer, 59, of Perrysburg, passed away peacefully, Saturday, May 25, 2024 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Toledo surrounded by her loving family. Sheri was born June 22, 1964 in Washington, DC to Peter and Barbara (Smith) Ohs. She graduated from Crossland High School in Temple Hills, MD in 1983. Sheri married Steve Brouwer on October 20, 1990 and they shared 33 years together.

Sheri worked for the United States Navy for seven years, spent 14 years raising her daughters and worked at McDonalds for 15 years. She was a member of Oak Bend Church in Perrysburg and served many years as an Awana leader and loved teaching Cubbies. She loved spending time with her family, especially facetiming her grandson, Mason. She was an avid sewer and was wonderful at quilting. Sheri enjoyed eating seafood and going to the beach. Sheri will be missed for her love, compassion, and her vivacious personality.

She is survived by her husband, Steve; daughters, Brittany (Michael) Ooms, Rebecca Brouwer, Ruth (Nevin) Haas; her parents, Peter and Barbara (Smith) Ohs; sisters, Karen (Kevin) Pashkevich Reio, Diane (Jeff) Wood and Linda (Tommy) Warren; her father-in-law, George Brouwer and step-mother-in-law, Grace Brouwer. She was preceded in death by her mother-in-law, Muriel Brouwer.

Friends and family will be received Friday, May 31, 2024 from 4-8 p.m. at Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home, 222 E. South Boundary Street, Perrysburg (419-874-3133) Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 10 a.m. at Oak Bend Church, 11275 Eckel Junction Road, Perrysburg, Ohio. Burial will be private. Memorial donations may be made in Sheri’s name to Proclaim FM, P.O. Box 457, 7112 Angola Road, Holland, Ohio 43528. Condolences to the family may be left by visiting www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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