Notes for: Ernest Kent Bodine
They resided in Haddonfield, NJ. There were no children. The H. Keith Bodine paper gave the birth date as "Jule 3, 1926." I'm guessing he meant "July," but it could be "June."
From Ronny Bodine:
From The Bodine Family, by H. Keith Bodine, 1950, p. 18:
Ernest Kent Bodine AND Edith Mileham were married 3 July 1926.
From New Jersey Marriage Records:
Ernest Bodine AND Edith Mileham were married 3 July 1926 in Jersey City, Hudson County.
Ernest Bodine registered for the World War I draft on 5 June 1917 in Camden. In 1930, Ernest and Edith Bodine were living in Camden County where Ernest worked as traffic manager for a licorice manufacturing company. Ernest Bodine was involved in a 2-car automobile accident at the intersection of Interstate 80 and Highway 146 south of Grinnell and died an hour later at a Grinnell hospital. See an account of the accident in the Muscatine "Journal" of 25 June 1963. Edith Bodine served on the executive board of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ernest and Edith Bodine were buried in Harleigh Cemetery in Camden. The couple had no children.
Obituary, the Philadelphia Inquirer of 7 Oct 1998.
DAR BOARD MEMBER, 96 Edith Mileham Bodine, 96, of Haddonfield, died Tuesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden. A native of Jersey City, Mrs. Bodine was a resident of Haddonfield for more than 60 years. The wife of the late E. Kent Bodine, who died in an auto accident in 1963, Mrs. Bodine was a member of the Haddonfield United Methodist Church; Tavistock Country Club; Haddonfield Community Concerts; the Haddonfield Historical Society; and the Federated Women's Club. She served on the Haddonfield Parks Committee and was a past president of the Haddonfield Library Board and the Haddon Fortnightly. She also served on the executive board of the Haddonfield chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the executive board of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is survived by four nieces and three nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday in the chapel of the Haddonfield United Methodist Church, 29 Warwick Rd., Haddonfield. Burial will be private and will be in Harleigh Cemetery in Camden. Memorial contributions may be made to the Haddonfield United Methodist Church, 29 Warwick Rd., Haddonfield, N.J. 08033.
From New Jersey Death Records:
Edith M. Bodine, born 13 Feb 1902, of Haddonfield, Camden County, died 6 Oct 1998 in Camden, Camden County.