Obit: Bond, Thomas James (1940 - 2004)

Transcribed by: Crystal Wendt

Surnames: Bond, Trieble, Fortmann, Paige, Hoffman, Lobenstein, Dutton

---Source: Merrill Foto News (Merrill, Lincoln County, Wis.) Wednesday, 6 Oct. 2004; page 13

---Bond, Thomas James (20 Nov. 1940 - 2 Oct. 2004)

Thomas James Bond, 63, of Merrill, died Saturday, October 2, 2004, at Bell Tower Residence, Merrill, under Comfort Care and Hospice Services.

Born November 20, 1940, in New Lisbon, Thomas was the son of the late Anthony and Evelyn Trieble Bond. He married Janus Fortmann in Merrill on July 9, 2004.

Tom was a retired major in the U. S. Military where he served from 1958 to 1989. He was also a retired government employee from the Defense Logistics department. He was also a substitute teacher at Merrill High School. Tom enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping and following football. While attending New Lisbon High School, he served as captain of the football team. He was a 1992 graduate of UW La Crosse.

Survivors include his wife Janus Fortmann, Merrill; sons David (Lisa), and Thomas A., both of Lacey, Wash.; stepdaughters Jessica Ann (Coy) Paige, Franklin, Tenn.; and Joellen Fortmann, Schofield; and grandchildren Geoffrey, Samantha and Michael. Also surviving are sisters Rita (Duane) Hoffman, Prescott, Ariz.; Evelyn (James) Lobenstein, Deerfield; and Rosalee (Chuck) Dutton; Sparta; and brothers Jack (Helen), Middleton; and Jerry (Calene), New Lisbon. He was preceded in death by brother Glenn.

Tom had courageously fought his battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) for two years. Anyone wishing to give a memorial in Tom's name may do so by sending a donation to the ALS Association. In lieu of funerals services, it was Tom's wish to celebrate his life with friends and relatives later in his home town of New Lisbon. The Waid Funeral Home, Merrill, is assisting the family.

Do not stand at my grave and weep;

I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousands winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush of quite birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry;

I am not there; I did not die.

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