Mary T. Pounds

Passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at the Chemung County Nursing Facility. Mary was a 65 year resident of Elmira and was born March 22, 1915 in Salamanca, NY, one of eleven children of a Polish immigrant family. Upon high school graduation in 1932 she entered training to be a nurse in Buffalo and had a career of over 35 years as a public health nurse. She retired from the Chemung County Health Department in 1981. In 1943 she was married to Henry P. Pounds who predeceased her in 1981. Mary is survived by son, Henry M. Pounds Jr. of Wilton, CT; grandchildren Kenneth Pounds of Roxbury, CT; Brian Pounds of Milford, CT; Joanna Simpson of Pasadena, CA; along with three great grandchildren. She also leaves three surviving sisters, a brother and many nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to call at the Olthof Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 Pennsylvania Ave. Elmira/Southport, NY on Thursday, October 15 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, October 16 at 10:00 AM in St. Mary's Church 224 Franklin Street Elmira, with Reverend Jeffrey Tunicliff celebrating Mary's Mass. Interment will follow in St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery with Father Tunicliff conducting the committal prayers. A reception will follow at the Miriam Center at St. Mary's Church. A 'Candle of Remembrance' may be left for her family in obituaries at www.olthof.com