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.

Shirley Ann Elizabeth Gelacek (Sandlin)

07/21/1938 - 01/18/2023

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Obituary For Shirley Ann Elizabeth Gelacek (Sandlin)

Shirley Ann Elizabeth (Sandlin) Gelacek, Age 84, from Rossford, Ohio, went to be with Our Lord on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Shirley was born, July 21, 1938 in Crystal City, Missouri to Sara Inez Elizabeth (Null) Sandlin & Ira Elvest Sandlin. She married her loving husband, John L. Gelacek in 1954 and celebrated 64 years of marriage, before his passing May 26, 2019. She is preceded in death by her brothers & sisters; William C. Null, Mary Ellen Roderique, Dixie Lee Schuessler and Elvest P. Sandlin and her nephew, Perry Sandlin. Shirley enjoyed many years of involvement with S.S. Cyril & Methodius Church, working in the cafeteria and volunteering for many church festivals. And, she really enjoyed playing Bunco with her Lady Friends for over 60 years! She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Linda & Gregg Snyder and Carol & Tom Tarpey. She was a loving grandma to Amanda Mitchell (David), Adam (Shannon) Snyder and Zachary Snyder and a loving great grandma to Madison. Today we celebrate the life of our mother, grandma, great grandma, aunt & friend to so many. There will be a private service by immediate family.

We appreciate all the love and prayers we have received.

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