WE REMEMBER MARIE BOND STENNIS and the Bond's Family in Amani

 

                 October 17, 1946 - July 13, 2022

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Clockwise L-R:  Martin Matson, city of Milwaukee, Vanessa Johnson, Executive Director/New Concept, Dr. Linda Mistele, MATC, Israel Mendez, 30th St. Corridor, Dr. Mistele, Ann Dee Allen, SEWRPC, Ms. Rose, Sherrie Bond, Jabez Rehabilitation Center, Vernisha Taylor/Bond Family, Ann Dee Allen, SEWRPC, Ruth Bond,/Bond Director, Israel Mendez/30th Corridor, Sherri Bond, Jabez,  Elizabeth Banks, Metcalfe Martin Matson and Israel, Martin Matson and Ann Dee Allen, Mary Glass, MPA LLC, Sherri Stennis, and Martin Matson, Rahmad Malik, and Marie Stennis

Middle - Back row:  Sherri Sade Stennis, CFO Martin Matson, Vernisha Taylor

Bottom Row:  Sherri Bond and Marie Stennis 

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July 29, 2022

MILWAUKEE, WI - AMANI & WAICO-Y NEIGHBORHOODS  is the location of home for Josie Marie Bond Stennis for many years. She also lived in Los Angeles, CA.  She is the mother of Antonio Stennis (Los Angeles, CA) and Sherri Stennis (Milwaukee).       

Josie Stennis is the daughter of the beloved neighborhood grocers (35 years) Delsia and Mack Bond - Borchert Fields Neighborhood and 20th & Clarke - Amani Neighborhood.  

Mack Bond was also well-known for being a real estate broker with United Realtor and Beechie Brooks.

Delsia "Mama Bond" -  a true entrepreneur, was one of Milwaukee's first transportation owners that provided services for seniors, the disabled, and daycare.

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Marie, her siblings, and her parents worked on behalf of the neighborhood. They arrived early in the morning and went home late evening.

The folks around 20th & Clarke depended on the local corner store - Bond's Grocery, 2000 W. Clarke, Milwaukee, WI, for meats, vegetables, household staples, and seasonal entertainment for children and the family with the street block-offs, holidays, and parties of the neighborhood.

Mama Bond was noted for bringing in the live ponies for the children to ride, sidewalk games, and street barbeque with the hog on spitz-rotisserie - an event sometimes requiring outside cooking overnight.  This called for the whole family to participate.

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On February 21, 2015, MARIE STENNIS and members of the Bond family - 2 sisters (Ruth  & Sherrie), her daughter (Sherrie Stennis), and her niece (Vernisha Taylor), assisted Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC in hosting this Saturday Talk with guest speaker, City of Milwaukee ex-Comptroller Martin Matson.  The theme was Follow the Money.  Comptroller Matson gave an in-depth presentation and took photos.

There were organizations in Amani, Borchert Field, city-wide, and regional - teachers, trainer coaches, journalists, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, and a developer participating in the information sharing.

Ruth Bond was the caterer for the event.

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Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind. Henri Frederic Amiel