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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.

Theodore "Ted" Welker Hufstader

10/9/1949 - 11/19/2025

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Obituary For Theodore "Ted" Welker Hufstader

Theodore “Ted” Welker Hufstader, 76, of Toledo, OH, passed away peacefully at home on November 19, 2025, surrounded by his family. Ted was born on October 9, 1949, in Chicago, IL, to Theodore Willard and Bonnie Peters Hufstader. He grew up playing epic neighborhood-wide games of hide and seek with his five siblings in Evanston, IL. Ted graduated from Evanston Township High School (Evanston, IL), Principia College (Elsah, IL), and the Great Lakes Maritime Academy (Traverse City, MI). Some of his most cherished memories were at Camp Leelanau on the shores of Lake Michigan. Ted was a lifelong fan of Chicago sports teams–from Northwestern University football, where he used to pass out programs during games growing up, to his beloved Chicago Bears and Chicago Cubs.

As a son of the Midwest, Ted spent much of his life on the Great Lakes. These experiences included summers at the family cottage on Michigan’s western shore, and summer camp expeditions “Up North,” sailing from Chicago to west Michigan with his friends and family and becoming a mate on Great Lakes freighters. For nine months each year, Ted criss-crossed the Great Lakes on these freighters–moving wheat, taconite, limestone, and coal from places like Duluth and Escanaba to Gary, Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo. He served as a first, second, and third mate over a career that spanned from 1978 to 2004.

Ted is survived by his wife of 47 years, Jane; their children, Will (Morgan), and Ted (Pritesh); grandchildren, Hayden and Charley; 14 nieces and nephews; as well as his siblings, Amy Dmitzak (Lee), John (Kimberly), and Sara; his sisters-in-law, Marcia Hufstader and Marsuzka Hufstader; and his best friend since summer camp and brother-in law, John (Chris) Clement. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Timothy and Paul, and his parents Theodore Willard and Bonnie Peters Hufstader. Ted’s family would also like to thank Bonnie Doty for providing such compassionate care.

A celebration of life for friends and family will take place this summer. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Hospice of Northwest Ohio (https://www.hospicenwo.org/forms/donate-online-today/) or Camps Leelanau & Kohahna (https://leelanau-kohahna.org/donate-online). Make sure to indicate in memory of Theodore Hufstader when making a gift.

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