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.

Steven W. Putman

Passed 11/01/2024

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Obituary For Steven W. Putman

Steve Putman loved his family more than anything on earth. It is with great sorrow that we share the passing of Steve on November 1, 2024, with his beloved wife Lisa, by his side. He was the most hardworking, compassionate man, who treated people with care. This family will never be the same, but his legacy will live on through his wife, and his three children, Emily, Nickolas and Olivia.

Spending time with his family was Steve’s favorite thing to do. Along with golf, college football (Go Blue!) and being a lifelong fan of the Detroit Lions, he was a social guy that believed in taking time to get to know others. He loved to engage in conversation and look at every aspect of a situation before making a decision.

Patience, brilliance and calculating numbers came easy to Steve. He enjoyed math games and puzzles that stimulated his mind, as well as reading. He adored their family pets!

He and Lisa met 29 years ago while working at The Anderson’s in Maumee and enjoyed 26 years of marriage together. He never wanted to be in the spotlight, he was humble that way.

Left to cherish his life, his wife, Lisa (Braun); children, Emily (Avery) Lewis, Nickolas (Marisa Shively) Putman, Olivia Putman; parents, Rick and Joanne Putman; brothers, Jim Putman and Jeff (Melinda) Putman; mother and father in-law, Robert and Patricia Braun; brother-in-law, Bob (Carrie) Braun; sister-in-law, Becky (Jose) Resendez; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, all whom he loved greatly.

Steve was preceded by his grandparents on both his mother and father’s side.

A visitation will be held on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Walker Funeral Home (5155 W. Sylvania Ave.) with a funeral service the following day, beginning at 10 a.m.. Interment will follow at Ft. Meigs Union Cemetery.

The family would like to thank the emergency and police departments for all of their efforts with Steve on November 1, 2024. Our appreciation and overwhelming thanks to the staff at Walker Funeral Home on Sylvania Ave. and Fort Meigs Union Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests a donation to Arthur’s Acres Animal Sanctuary at arthursacresanimalsanctuary.org or Tunnel to Towers, t2t.org.

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