Jul. 27, 1931 - Aug. 2, 2014
Date of Service: Aug. 8, 2014
Alene P. Bond
BURLEY - Alene Phillips Bond, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, returned to her Heavenly Father and was reunited with her loving family on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. She passed away at Highland Estates in Burley, Idaho, at the age of 83.
She was born on July 27, 1931, in Colquitt, Ga., to Zantie and Ollie Phillips. She was raised in Georgia and attended Albany High School. She was a proud Georgia peach. She met and married Lloyd E. Ramsey and had three children. She later met and married Robert E. Bond in Rupert, Idaho, on Aug. 12, 1983. They lived in Heyburn and then moved to Albion. He went home to heaven in 1992.
She loved the mountains, fishing, camping, bingo, and Wheel of Fortune. Her family and friends will remember her for her strength, feistiness, and love for her children and grandchildren.
Those left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Joanie (Clint) Ramsey Jones of Sunset, Utah, and Kelly (Dave) Sprecher of Kingfisher, Okla.; nine grandchildren, Jody (Brandy) Dunn of Ammon, Idaho, Faydra (Jason) Dunn Bailey, and Shona Dunn both of Meridian, Idaho, Ryan (Kim) Dunn of Bend, Ore., Mandy (Jason) Froula, and Joel Dayley both of Seattle, Wash., Danielle (Brett) Kimbro of Piedmont, Okla., Tyler Keene of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Dillyn (Lindsay) Sprecher of Bethany, Okla.; 18 great-grandchildren, Cassie Freestone, Tristan Dunn, DaNelle (Manuel) Rivera, Heather Dowell, Sandra Dowell, Brooklyn Davis, Iyanna Bailey, Ashlay Taskar, Sabrina Taskar, Mark Taskar, Dominik Dunn, Taylor Dunn, Jacob Thompson, Michelle Rowlett, Ethan Froula, Isaac Froula, Adria Kimbro, Daylinn Kimbro, and Mac Kimbro; seven great-great-grandchildren, Elijah Hines, Manuel Rivera, Isabella Rivera, Johnathan Dowell, Haylee Dowell, Shaydin Dowell, and Jakoda Dowell; and two brothers, Jackie Phillips of Washington, and Jerry Phillips of Georgia.
She was received in Heaven by her husband, Robert E. Bond; both of her parents, Zantie and Ollie Phillips; her brother, Pete Phillips; and her daughter, Sandra Ennis.
A graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at the Riverside Cemetery in Heyburn.
Friends may call from 10 until 11 a.m. Friday at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley.
