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Varley S. B nd. 75. an official, of Harry S. Manchester, Inc., many years. d ed of a heart attack today' at his orne, 321 S. Hamil ton st. Mr. d was vice-presi dent of the Ma'nchester firm when' he retired in 1942. Mr. Bond had been active In the merchandising business most' of -his life. At one time he lived in Erie, Pa. He came to Madison in 1907 and was associated with the F. 'W. Woolworth Co. as man- 'j ager of the local store. In 1921 he became one of the l original stockholders of Man chester's, when Harry S. Manches ter bought out the old Keeley Neckerman Cn. Mr. Bond served as secretary~treasurer and as treasurer of the flrm until 1933, when he was named vice-presi dent. '
Since his' retirement in 1942, Manchester's at, the Madison Rotary club, of which he was one of the original melfl bers here. , , Mr. Bond was born Feb. 11, 1875. at Sheffield, Ontario, Can ada. He was a member of Christ 1 Presbyterian church and Madison Masonic L~ge NO.5. ' Survivors . include his wife;' a son, V. Sherman ' Bond. QUincy, Ill.; ,two daughters, Doroathea Jane, Milwaukee, and Mrs. T. S. : Sampson, Jr.. Mundelein; Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Helen Mehoe, Winni- j peg, and seven' grandchildren. A! son, Walter, died ' Mar. 27. 1947, : in Paris. France. The body was taken to the . Frautschi funeral home. he represented