Notes for: Delilah ("Della") C. Bodine

Her tombstone is located in Sandy Ridge Baptist Cemetery near Stockton in Hunterdon Co., NJ. My thanks to Brian Bodine for this picture.

Gravestone of Dellah C. Bodine

This image is too small to read clearly, but Brian Bodine sent me this transcription:

Frank V. D. Fisher 1870-1934
Delilac C. his wife 1872-1954
John B. their son 1895-1897

From Ronny Bodine:

Frank Fisher lived 1900-1920 with his family in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County engaged in farming. In 1900, he reported that in 7 years of marriage his wife had borne 2 children of whom 1 was then living. In 1910, he reported that in 16 years of marriage his wife had borne 3 children of whom 2 were then living. Frank and Delilah Fisher were buried in Sandy Ridge Cemetery, Hunterdon County.

Obituary, Trenton (NJ) Evening Times of Monday, 14 May 1934.
Stockton, May 14.---Funeral services for Frank Van Dyke Fisher, husband of Mrs. Delilah C. Fisher, who died yesterday after a long illness, will be held at Sandy Ridge Baptist Church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, D. S. T. Mr. Fisher, who was 63 years old, was a retired farmer, residing in Delaware Township. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Everett B. and Arthur B. Fisher, of Ewing; six grandchildren, a brother, Charles, of Providence, R. I., and six sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Higgins, Flemington; Mrs. Frank Williamson, Rosemont, N.J.; Mrs. Carrie Green and Mrs. Jennie Moore, Trenton; Mrs. Minnie Vandemark, Cranford, and Mrs. J. Watson Carver, Morrisville.

From New Jersey Death Records:
Delila Fisher of Trenton, Mercer County, died September 1954 in Cranbury, Middlesex County.

Obituary, Plainfield (NJ) Courier-News of Tuesday, 14 Sept 1954.
Stockton--Mrs. Delilah C. Fisher, 81, 45 VanDuyn Dr., Trenton, died Sunday (Sept. 12, 1954) in Sunnyfield Nursing Home, Cranbury. Born in Stockton, she was a member of the Berean Baptist Church and its women's organizations and Sergeantsville Grange. She was the widow of Frank V. D. Fisher and leaves two sons, Everett Fisher of Trenton and Arthur Fisher of Martinsville; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the VanHorn Funeral Home, Lambertville, with the Rev. Harold Dorrell officiating. Burial will follow in Sandy Ridge Church Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow evening.