Robert Eugene Bond

THE END OF AN ERA! ROBERT E. BOND ("BOB") PASSED AWAY IN HIS HOME TOWN OF ORO VALLEY, AZ ON 7/30/21 OF NATURAL CAUSES.

JUST AS HIS UNIQUE, BIGGER THAN LIFE AND STRONG PERSONALITY PERSISTED THROUGHOUT HIS TIME HERE WITH US, THESE TRAITS ENABLED HIM TO COME OUT SWINGING TO FACE THE BATTLE OF HIS LIFE. INCREDIBLE LIFE LESSONS FROM THE BOARD ROOM TO THE PUTTING GREEN WERE GIVEN TO HIS SONS AND GRANDSON MATT WHO UTIMATELY BECAME A COLEGIATE GOLFER.

BOB GREW UP IN HUNTINGTON INDIANA WHERE HE MET AND MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART JOYCE AHNER. JOYCE UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY IN 1994. BOB AND JOYCE HAVE THREE SONS. SKIPPER, STEVE AND SCOTT. UNFORTUNATELY, SKIPPER DID NOT SURVIVE BOB. STEVE AND SCOTT SURVIVE BOB AND LIVE IN COLORADO AND TEXAS. BOB IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS, GRANDCHILDREN; MATTHEW, CHRISTIE AND TAYLOR AS WELL AS HIS BROTHER DICK AND NEPHEWS DAVID, JEFF, MARK, MIKE AND HIS SECOND WIFE PENNEY AND HER CHILDREN CHRIS AND CAROLYN ALONG WITH PENNY'S GRANDSON PARKER.

BOB ATTENDED BALL STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE PLAYED THE POSITION OF LINEBACKER ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM. BOB LIVED A VERY FULL LIFE HAVING BEEN A TEACHER, A COACH AND A SENIOR EXECUTIVE OF FINANCE WITH MAJOR CORPORATIONS THAT INCLUDE SINGER CORP, AMERICAN AIRLINES AND JC PENNEY COMPANY. BOB LEFT THE CORPORATE WORLD IN 1979 WHEN HE PURCHASED THE PHOENIX CREDIT BUREAU. WHICH HE ULTIMATELY SOLD PRIOR TO RETIRING IN 1988 IN A BEAUTIFUL HOME ON THE ORO VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE WHERE HE LIVED FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS WITH PENNY. BOB, JOYCE AND THE BOYS LIVED IN MANY DIFFERENT STATES INCLUDING NEW YORK, MICHIGAN, ARIZONA, COLORADO, TEXAS AND CONNECTICUT WHILE BOB WAS CLIMBING THE CORPORATE LADDER. BOB WAS AN AVID GOLFER WITH A SINGLE DIGIT HANDICAP FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL AS A FAN OF MOST SPORTS. BOB HAD A SPECIAL SKILL FOR SEEKING OUT THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN EVERY TOWN THAT THE FAMILY RELOCATED TO. BOB WAS A VERY GENEROUS PERSON AND HAD AN AMAZING SENSE OF HUMOR. HE PROVIDED FOR HIS FAMILY AND ALWAYS PUT THE FAMILY FIRST. BOB ALWAYS LOVED A GOOD CIGAR! BOB WAS A WONDERFUL FATHER, HUSBAND, GRANDPA AND PROVIDER AS WELL AS A MENTOR AND ROLE MODEL TO HIS SONS AND GRAND CHILDREN.

THERE IS A HUGE VOID IN ALL OF US NOW THAT BOB HAS GONE TO BE WITH JOYCE AND SKIPPER. WE ALL LOVE HIM VERY MUCH AND WILL MISS HIM GREATLY! REST IN PEACE DAD, GRANDPA AND HUSBAND!

BOB WILL BE INTERNED AT GREEN LAWN CEMETERY IN FT WAYNE INDIANA WITH HIS SON SKIPPER AND WIFE JOYCE.