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.

Susan Hens (Materni)

05/08/1946 - 02/16/2023

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Obituary For Susan Hens (Materni)

Susan passed away on February 16, 2023, at home. She was born May 8, 1946 in Toledo, Ohio, to Julius and Alice Materni.

Susan graduated from Rossford High School in 1964, and then worked at St. Charles Hospital, in Medical Records for 2 years. She married Milton Hens on September 24, 1966, and he preceded her in death on April 1, 2015, after 48 years of marriage. Susan enjoyed time spent with her family, going out to eat and going to the casino. Also, going to the UP of Michigan with Milton, and then, after his passing, on yearly vacations there with her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by her children, Jami (Greg) Rospert and Christopher (Ami) Hens; grandchildren, Loryn Koehler, Raychyl (Will) LaHote, Haylley Rospert, and Jamyson Rospert; great-grandchildren, Phyllana, Adalynn, Loranna, and Emily. Also, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren; brother, Robert (Rita) Materni; and sister, Sally Rumer.

Susan is preceded in death by her husband, Milton; daughter, Mary Alice; parents, Julius and Alice Materni; brother and sister-in-law, Julius (Jeep) (Janet) Materni; sister and brother-in-law, Sandra (Kenneth) Cluckey; brother and sister-in-law, Thomas (Bonnie) Materni; daughter-in-law, Tanja Hens; brother-in-law, Ronald Rumer; and loving niece and goddaughter, Wendi Rumer. She was also preceded by Milton’s sisters and their husbands, Patricia (Robert) Roszyk, Alicia (Leroy) Parke, and Joyce (William) Miscannon, and her in-laws, Nathan and Sally Hens.

Family and friends will be received on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 from 11:00 A.M. until the time of service at 2:00 P.M. at Sujkowski-Walker Funeral Home, 830 Lime City Road, Rossford. Interment to follow at Highland Memory Gardens. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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