Paul R. BOND

PALMYRA, Mo. -- Paul R. Bond, 72, of Palmyra, died Monday (May 9, 2011), in Blessing Hospital, Quincy, Ill.

He was born Jan. 12, 1939, in Hannibal, to James Henry and Ruth Oliver Bond. He married Margaret Wilbanks on Nov. 18, 1962, in Mountain View, Mo. She survives.

He attended Palmyra High School. He served with the U.S. Air Force from 1956-1959.

Mr. Bond retired from Gardner-Denver Co., Quincy, after 38 years of service. He was a sales agent with Show-Me Realty in Palmyra. He formerly worked as a lineman for Western Light and Telephone and in earlier years worked as a carpet layer and postal worker. In his teens, he worked as an attendant at the former Pal Theatre.

He was a member of the Gardner-Denver retirees club and a former member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. He was a former member of the Palmyra Masonic Lodge and was a Shriner. Paul loved to walk, mow grass and maintain a healthy lifestyle being outside. He and his wife loved traveling, family vacations, auctions, and flea markets. He enjoyed his morning coffee at Hardee's, collecting World War II and baseball memorabilia and more than anything, spending time with his grandchildren. He was a member of United Methodist Church, Palmyra, and attended First Baptist Church, Palmyra.

Survivors include his sons, Paul Eric Bond of Palmyra and Michael S. Bond of West Plains, Mo.; brother, James Oliver Bond and wife, Betsy, of Farmville, N.C.; grandchildren Keith, Kevin, Madeline, Sydney and Quinley Bond of Palmyra and Garry and Tiffany Bond of West Plains; great-granddaughter, Chloie Bond, of West Plains; nieces and nephews, Jimmy Bond and wife, Connie, Brenda Philips and husband, Ron, Peggy Bond, Kent Perkins, and Kelly Kranawetter; mother-in-law, Pauline Wilbanks of West Plains; sister and brother-in-law Connie and Harry Perkins of West Plains. Also, extended family to Joy Bond, Bob Underwood and Randy Dooley. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother.

SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry M. Buster and Rev. Robert Compere conducting. Burial with full military rites and honors accorded by the Boots-Dickson American Legion Post 174 in Palmyra. Honorary bearers are Jim Lovelace, Lyndell Dunn, Carl Webber, Norman Wenneker, Jerry Hurst, Kenny Schluckebier, Floyd Heidbreder, Tom Dodd, Bob Underwood and Randy Dooley.

VISITATION: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel, Palmyra.

MEMORIALS: Palmyra Bicentennial Library, Palmyra Food Pantry or Northeast Missouri Humane Society.

ARRANGEMENTS: Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel, Palmyra.

WEBSITE: www.lewisbrothersfuneralchapel.com

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