Notes for: Cornelius F. Bodine, Sr.
From Ronny Bodine:
Dorothy (Ferguson) Bodine was the daughter of Judge William Cramp Ferguson. The wedding of Cornelius Bodine and Dorothy Ferguson in the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church was reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer of 26 April 1912. Cornelius Bodine was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Barbara Bodine married 2ndly Charles H. Deily with whom she was living 1940 in Philadelphia, Penn.
Obituary, the New York "Times" of 6 May 1939.
PHILADELPHIA, May 5.---Cornelius Bodine, head of Bodine Sons & Co., a commercial paper concern, died in Pennsylvania Hospital today after an operation. His age was 54. A native of this city Mr. Bodine attended local schools and had been associated with Bodine Sons & Co., established by his late father, George Bodine, since 1902. He also had been treasurer of Harper & Taylor, Inc.; a director of the John Warren Watson Company and president of the Mutual Savings Building and Loan Association and of Bodine, Sangree & Co. Surviving are his widow, Dorothy Ferguson Bodine; two daughters, Mrs. James C. Fisher and Miss Barbara Bodine; two sons, William and Cornelius Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Bodine and Mrs. H. Birchard Taylor, and a brother, George Bodine Jr.
From Social Security Records:
Dorothy Bodine, born 1 Jan 1890, died Feb 1978, last residence was Philadelphia, Penn.
Obituary, The Philadelphia Inquirer of 23 Feb 1978.
BODINE, Dorothy F. (nee Ferguson), formerly of Mt. Airy and Germantown, on Feb. 20, 1978, wife of the late Cornelius Bodine and mother of Cornelius Bodine, Jr., William P. Bodine, Eleanor B. Machia and Barbara B. Werner; also survived by 7 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Services and int. will be private at the convenience of the family. Those that desire may make a memorial contribution to the church or religious organization of their choice. Arrangements by Wetzel-White.