Notes for: McDonald ("Max") Bodine

They did not have any children. Lesa Epperson provided the picture below.

Gravestone

From Ronny Bodine:

From Fountain County, Indiana Marriage Records:
Max Bodine, born 22 June 1893 in Charleston, Illinois, son of William S. & Minta Bell (Dice) Bodine AND Lora May Frankeberger, born 18 Dec 1893 in Covington, Indiana, dau. of T. J. & Stella (Paugh) Frankeberger, were married 3 Oct 1923 in Fountain County by Rev. F. G. Howard.

He was called McDonald Bodine in June 1900 and Mack in Jan 1920 and thereafter appears only as Max Bodine. On 5 June 1917, Max Bodine registered for the World War 1 draft in Fountain County, Indiana. He reported he was born 22 June 1893 in Covington, Indiana, was single, and working as a self-employed farmer. In April 1930, Max and Lora Bodine lived in Wabash Township engaged in farming. After 7 years of marriage the couple had no children. He registered 1942 for the World War II draft as a resident of Covington and said he was born in Charleston, Illinois and Mrs. Lora M. Bodine was his next of kin.

From Social Security Records:
Max Bodine was born 22 June 1893 and died in August 1980. His last residence was Veedersburg, Indiana. [Note: Max did NOT die in Indiana as there is no death certificate recorded for him.]

Obituaries, Crawfordsville (IN) Journal Review. (Not available on-line)
Lora M. Bodine, issue of 22 Nov 1976.
Max Bodine, issue of 8 Aug 1980.

From Indiana Death Certificates:
Lora M. Bodine, wife of Max Bodine, born 18 Dec 1893 in Indiana, dau. of James & Stella (Paugh) Frankeberger; died 22 Nov 1976 in Logansport, Cass County; buried in Mount Hope Cemetery,

Burials in Mount Hope Cemetery, Covington, Fountain County, Indiana.
(Find A Grave Memorial # 19587151)
BODINE MAX 1893---1980 LORA 1893---1976