Notes for: James ("Jim") Joseph Bodine

He was married and had four children. As of April 2002, he was still alive and living in California, maybe San Diego.

From Ronny Bodine:

From Social Security Records:
James Joseph Bodine applied for a SSN in Sept 1941 and reported he was born 11 Sept 1926 in Timber Lake, South Dakota, son of Mark S. & Anna L. (Toczek) Bodine. He died 1 May 2002. His last residence was San Marcos, San Diego County, California.

Burial in Washington Memorial Park, Seattle, Washington.
James Joseph Bodine MOMM3 US Navy World War II Sep 11 1926 May 1 2002


1st wife--1957--LORETTA MARY SCHOENBACHLER.
From Clark County, Nevada Marriage Records:
James J. Bodine AND Loretta M. Susman were married 11 July 1957. [Note: On 25 Dec 1946 in King Co., WA Loretta M. Schoenbachler had 1st married George Susner. James & Loretta Bodine were divorced and on 12 July 1969 in Clark Co., Nevada Loretta M. Bodine married 3rdly Gerald E. Sharp.]

Obituary, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (AR) - Wednesday, July 22, 2015
HUNTSVILLE - Loretta Mary Sharp, 90, of Huntsville, died July 18, 2015, at Meadowview Healthcare and Rehab in Huntsville, Ark. She was born Aug. 11, 1924, at Sumner Wash., the daughter of Alfons and Mary Acenath Cartwright Schoenbachler. She was a homemaker and has worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" at Boeing during World War II. She had worked as a cashier and waitress in Huntsville. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Huntsville and was a member and Past Matron of Huntsville Chapter No. 487, The Order of the Eastern Star. Her hobbies were sewing, gardening and birdwatching. She was preceded in death by two sons, Neal Beeson and George Bodine, her parents, three brothers, Alfred Samuels, Clarence Samuels and Eugene Samuels, one sister, Lola Burr, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Survivors include: her husband of 46 years, Gerald E. Sharp of the home; three sons and daughters-in-law, David and Jerry Sharp of Rison, Ark., Paul and Andrea Sharp of Fayetteville, Ark., and Loren and Brenda Sharp of Springdale, Ark.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Maryanna and Mark Melson of Huntsville, Arkansas, Karla and Doug Chadick of Fayetteville, Arkansas; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Louise and Ed Streuli and Bertha Mauck, both of Bellevue, Wash.; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Services 10 a.m.Thursday, July 23 at Brashears Funeral Home with The Reverends Jack McCarty and Shawn Swink officiating. Interment in Alabama Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home www.brashearsfuneralhome. net of Huntsville. Pallbearers will be: Nicholas Melson, Steven Goodrich, Steve Taylor, Ricky Lackey, Gene Norton and Mark Danner. Visitation from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday at Brashears.

2nd wife--BETTY LOU WILSON.
From The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.) of 3 March 2005:
The obituary of Charles H. Wilson, 75, names among his survivors a sister, Betty Bodine of San Marcos, California. [Note: Betty Lou Wilson, 7 WA, lived with her parents, Herman & Alice Wilson and brother Charles in Rice, Stevens Co., Wash. in 1940.]