Tommy "Butch" Bond's Final Rites PARTY

[follies38girl]

JUST GOT A PHONE CALL THIS AFTERNOON FROM HEAD OF SO. CALIF. MOTION PICTURE COUNCIL INVITING MYSELF AND ALL WHO WOULD WANT TO HONOR "BUTCH" TO EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD FOR THE VIEWING AND HIS FUNERAL SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26, BEGINNING AT 11 A.M. FUNERAL AT 12:30.
ALSO, THAT SAME EVENING AT "SHANE'S" IN SANTA MONICA, AT 7 P.M., THE FAMILY INVITES ALL FANS AND FRIENDS TO " BUTCH'S FAREWELL SHIN-DIG" IN SANTA MONICA. C'MON, ALL YOU LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS THAT LOVED THAT SWEET BUT TOUGH LITTLE GUY, COME PAY TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE MOST ENDEARING LITTLE BULLIES THAT EVER GRACED THE SILVER SCREEN.

[maliejandra]

Aww I hope all went well.

[rascalwatcher]

Me too. I wonder if any of the surviving "gang" was able to make it. I hope so.

[follies38girl]

MY HUSBAND AND I ATTENDED'S TOMMY'S VIEWING AT A BEAUTIFUL LUTHERAN CHURCH YESTERDAY MORNING BEFORE WE HAD TO LEAVE FOR A KAISER MEETING OF GRIEF FACILITATORS. I HAD SENT RED-WHITE-AND-BLUE FLOWERS AND SIGNED THE CARD,"FROM LAURA JUNE AND ALL THE REMAINING CAST MEMBERS OF 'BUTCH'S' ERA." THE FLOWERS WERE THE ONLY ONES UP TO THAT TIME. TOMMY WORE HIS TYPICAL HAT AND, THANK GOD, APPEARED AS WELL AS HE HAD WHEN I LAST SAW HIM JULY 31. A FLAG WAS DRAPED ACROSS THE CASKET, AND OTHERS WERE COMING IN AND OUT PAYING THEIR RESPECTS. I HOPE MANY ATTENDED THE FUNERAL SERVICES, AND A MUTUAL FRIEND TOLD ME THERE WAS TO BE A GOOD TURN-OUT AT SHANE'S IN SANTA MONICA LAST NIGHT. WHEN I GO TO A DINNER OF THE SO. CALIF. MOTION PICTURE COUNCIL NEXT TUESDAY, I WILL FIND OUT MORE AND GIVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT BUTCH'S SEND-OFF. LAURA JUNE--- P.S. THANKS FOR ALL THE RESPECT PAID HIM! HE LOVED HIS FANS, AND WAS GRATEFUL HE MADE THEM LAUGH THROUGH ALL THE YEARS!

[no1halopfan]

Thank you Laura June.