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.

Vicki Lee Balduf

07/30/1947 - 09/06/2024

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Obituary For Vicki Lee Balduf

Vicki L. Balduf, 77, of Oak Harbor, OH passed away Friday, September 6, 2024 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on July 30, 1947 in Fremont, OH to William and Virginia (Schneider) Edwards. On June 5, 1969 in Marshall, NC she married Clarence “Buz” Balduf and he survives. Vicki worked at the Catawba Island Club, retiring in 2007, and also for the Ottawa County Humane Society. She was a member of LaPointe United Methodist Church, Fremont V.F.W. Auxiliary Life Member, and the Riverview Healthcare Campus Auxiliary, Oak Harbor. She also volunteered at the B-C-S Food Pantry in Oak Harbor. Vicki loved her family and her dogs, grand-dogs, and grand-cats. She liked to go perch fishing and watch for deer as her and Buz drove around. Her family is going to miss her greatly, she was always active and busy and willing to help family and friends. Vicki was a care giver and took great care of her mother-in-law recently before she passed. She always put her family first.

In addition to her loving husband of 55 years, Buz, she is survived by her children, Jennifer, Clarence “Buz”, Jr., daughter-in-law, Lorilynn, grandchildren, Clay-Allen, Rey Gonzales, Erica (Ed) Soper, sister, Linda (Fred) Fitzgerald, many nieces and nephews, and her beloved dogs, Sadie & Scout. She was preceded in death by her parents, son, Chris, brothers, Billy, Dick, Jim, Dave Edwards, sisters, Yollie Ameling, Mary Sabo, Barb Rigsby, Judy Sutter, Betty Topel, and Rose Koester.

Visitation for Vicki will be Wednesday, September 11, 2024 from 5-8 p.m. at the Robinson-Walker Funeral Home & Crematory, 165 E. Water St., Oak Harbor, where funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 12, 2024. Interment will follow in Rusha Cemetery, Carroll Township, OH. Memorial contributions in memory of Vicki may be given in care of the family. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

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