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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.

Stanley Martin Micka

04/05/1929 - 11/04/2024

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Obituary For Stanley Martin Micka

Stanley Martin Micka, 95, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at Parkcliffe Memory Care Community in Toledo, with family by his side.

He was born in Maumee on April 5, 1929, to Martin and Agnes Micka, the youngest of three brothers. He graduated from Maumee High School in 1947 and met Mary Berning at Pearson Park’s outdoor skating rink a few years later. Dates at the Valentine Theatre and Toledo Sports Arena led to their marriage at Holy Rosary Cathedral in 1954.

They raised four children in Maumee, taking the family on summer trips to Michigan’s Hemlock Lake well into the teenage years of their oldest grandchildren. He enjoyed bowling, card games, telling jokes and attending every grandchild’s sports games, musical performances and Grandparents’ Day events. His family was always in awe of his razor-sharp memory and ability to recall any name or event when called on.

Stan built a career in grocery management and distribution, rising from a teenage stock boy at A&P to store manager before working in the Toledo office as a buyer. He eventually shifted to food brokerage before retiring — twice, as the first time didn’t stick.

Stan was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, and brothers John (Marianne) and Frank (Anna) Micka. He is survived by his children: Debi (Mike) DeBrosse, Denny Micka, Diann (Bill) Harrison and Donna (John) Cheung; 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, with two more on the way.

A funeral Mass will take place Monday, Nov. 11, at 10:30 a.m. with a 9:30 a.m. visitation at St. Joseph Catholic Parish, 104 W. Broadway St., in Maumee. The family would like to thank the Parkcliffe community, especially past and present staff at House 7 South, for caring for Stan and Mary for so many years. To learn more about Stan’s life, visit bit.ly/stanmicka for an interview with him.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, at 800-272-3900; or to the Capital Improvement Fund at St. Joseph Maumee, at 419-893-4848.

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