Alpha Bondy
Of Huntley

Alpha Mae Bondy, 83, passed away Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Ballard Health Care Residence in Des Plaines, IL. She was born December 1, 1928, on a farm near Bogue, KS, to Frank and Ellen Holsman.

She graduated from Stockton High School, Stockton, KS in 1946 and attended Brown Mackie School of Business in Salina, KS. She worked in Denver, CO where she met and married Donald J. Bondy when Don was in the U.S. Army and attending Denver University. From Denver they moved to Sturgis, MI, Holland MI, and LaGrange, IL, making their home in Arlington Heights, IL, for many years. Alpha worked in Arlington Heights and served as President of the Arlington Heights American Legion Auxiliary. She was a member of the Episcopal Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Karen (Tom) Rose, of Lafayette, IN; her grandson, Michael Simpson of Lafayette, IN; her sister, Carol (Gene) Hotz, of Hays, KS; sister-in-law, Bobbie Holsman of Bogue, KS; two nieces, Susan Kreutzer of Hays, KS; and Annette Wetter of Colby, KS; three nephews, Steven Hotz of Liberty, MO; Frank Holsman and David Holsman, Bogue, KS; two great-nieces, Olivia Wetter and Abbey Wetter, of Colby, KS; one great-niece, Emily Kreutzer, of Hays, KS; two great-nephews, Hayden Kreutzer and Collyn Kreutzer, of Hays, KS; and one-great nephew, Jacob Wetter, of Colby, KS, as well as numerous cousins and other relatives.

Alpha was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and one brother, Kenneth Holsman.

Interment took place at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Arlington Heights, IL. Private services will be held at a later date.

If desired memorials may be made to Seasons Hospice, 606 Potter Rd. Des Plaines, IL 60016. Arrangements by Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., Arlington Heights.

 

Glueckert Funeral Home