Bond Houser died March 5, 2013, at Community Hospital in Torrington, Wyo.

Born in Troy, N.Y., he prepared for Princeton at the Lawrenceville School. A member of Cloister, he sang in the freshman and varsity glee clubs and became captain of the ROTC Rifle Team. He majored in modern languages.

Bond was drafted into the Army and spent two years in Japan. Upon his discharge, he attended Mexico City College, where he studied foreign trade. His career included time in the family furniture business, and after moving to Wyoming in 1974, he owned and managed the Campbell County Agricultural Center in Gillette.

Bond became a deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1997 and then spent three years in seminary in Canada. He was ordained in 1992 and served in the Wyoming Diocese. After he retired, he worked as a supply priest in Torrington.

He is survived by his wife, Mary; daughters Mary and Betsy; son Guy; and seven grandchildren. His son Bond IV died April 24, 2013. The class sends sympathy to them on their loss and is honored by Bond’s service to our country and as an Episcopal priest.

Undergraduate Class of 1954