Philip L. Bond
January 16, 2008
Bond, Philip L., 77, retired Wichita Police Department Lieutenant, died Wednesday, January 16, 2008. Memorial service 10:30 A.M., Monday, January 21, Downing Lahey Mortuary East. Preceded in death by two grandchildren. Survivors: wife, Patricia Bond of Wichita; sons, Gary Wayne (Kathy) Bond, Charles Daniel Bond and David W. (Janet) Bond, all of Wichita; daughters, Deborah Mae (James) Eaton of Moselle, MS, Anna Rochelle (Roland) Luke and Carmen Lee (Howell) Harris, both of Wichita; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the Kansas Humane Society, 4218 SE Blvd., Wichita, KS, 67210 and Alexis Bond Foundation, 1223 N. Denmark, Wichita, KS, 67212.
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I could not have asked for a better person to have as a Father-in-law. I will miss his humor, life stories, advice, the look in his eyes every Christmas when all his family gathered to celebrate and most of all I will miss making Gumbo for him every Thanksgiving and Christmas. I still have one lingering question……what were the two loaded hand guns for next to his easy chair???? I know it made me sit up and take notice!!!!! Love you Phil……….from your Cajun son-in-law.
To dads friends/family; your stories are awesome, it is no surprise to us that dad had a wild/fun side, or crotchety/firm/hard headed side. As he would say, ‘I are, what I are.’ Please encourage others who knew him to post their memories/stories of him, I will treasure them forever.
Phil Bond was a great friend and a wonderful father-in-law. We had many good talks and had a lot in common and i will miss him deeply. I will always remember his trips to the farm and how cricket won him over, the target shooting (he was a good shot) and i will always remember him in that way he will still be with us.
I heard so much about grandpa bond from my family in Mississippi.They have been telling me about him on how great he is and how very excellent he was as a cop throughout his service.I was really looking forward in meeting him one day and how i really wish i did meet him but I am of great pride for having a grandpa like him.. I would like to extend my warmest condolences to the whole family..
i remember the colasal battles between grandpa and cricket she knew he did not like cats and whenever he was out she would lay on his chest it was fun to watch and proof that cricket won was when he adopted his own cat from the pound now i know the battle will continue and he will still enjoy every second of it while he pretends not to
My husband and I met Phil and his wife Pat when our son Roland Jr., married his daughter Anna. Phil was happy go lucky and so enjoyed his children, grand children and great grand children. He will be missed by everyone. Phil, we know you are in that big kitchen in the sky sharing a bowl of gumbo with all those that has passed on before us.
Phil and I had come to know each other in just the last few years. It took sharing war stories and a few Sunday morning motorcycle rides to Beaumont for breakfast for us really to appreciate an understand each other. Ro me, Phil was a plan man, who shot straight from the hip and who would tell you exactly how he felt. And for that I respected him. Watching him on Christmas Eve with all of his family around you could tell that he knew he was the King of the castle. Those evenings were like living something out of Charles Dickens novel. It was easy to tell that he was admired by his family and friends and Im glad that he was a part of my life. To Pat and the kids I say ‘Dont grieve for him for now hes free. He could not stay another day to laugh, to love, to work or play. Task left undone must stay that way; he found his peace at the close of the Day’. Love his favorite Son- In-Law Howell
I worked with Phil in the late 50s and early 60s. We put a lot of bad guys in the slammer and we were known to occasionally party hardy. One night I walked into the midst of a party, only to have Phil, laughing, yell something about being part Indian just before he wound up and threw and end over end knife from across the room that whacked me right over my breast pocket. Thankfully it was just a table knife, and we all got a great laugh ! Good cop, good guy and he will be missed.
Retired Lt. Phil Bond was hired by the Wichita Police Department in February of 1957 and assigned ID # C0202. He left the Department in December of 1968, and returned to the Department in March of 1972. He was a booking desk Lieutenant on the midnight shift for several years where I met him, before he retired in April of 1980. Phil was the consummate crotchety curmudgeon as the booking desk Lieutenant but once you got to know him you learned his bark was a lot more than his bite, and he was putting on a show. He did keep a tight reign on the jail, the prisoners and the officers. He was a lot of fun!
Debra, Anna, Carmen – I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your dad. I remember as little girls on Joann Street, your dad coming to your house in his police uniform, looking very handsome. My thoughts and prayers are with you now and may you find peace in your happy memories of your ‘Daddy’. With love.