Notes for: Ruby Pearl Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

Ruby Bodine, aged 3 years and 8 months in Jan 1920 when she was living with her parents. She was Ruby Hall, of Niangua, (Webster County) Missouri when she provided the information for her mother's Missouri death certificate in Nov 1947.

From Missouri Federal Census Records:
1940 (1 May) Washington Twp., Webster Co.: Arthur HALL 26 KS Farmer, Ruby 23 MO wife, June Annis 4 MO dau.

On 16 Oct 1940, John Arthur Hall of Niangua, Missouri registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 26 May 1913 in McPherson, Kansas and named his wife, Mrs. Ruby Hall, as his next of kin.

From Social Security Records:
John Hall was born 16 May 1913 and died Feb 1973. His last residence was Niangua, Webster Co., Missouri.

Obituary, News and Leader (Springfield, MO) of Sunday, 18 Feb 1973.
MARSHFIELD---Funeral services for Arthur Hall, 59, of Route 2, Niangua, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Christian Church in Conway with the Revs. David Weber and Michael Penrod officiating. Burial will be in the Niangua Cemetery under direction of Barber-Edwards-Arthur of Marshfield. Mr. Hall, a World War II veteran, died at his home early Saturday morning of an apparent heart attack. Surviving are his wife, Ruby; two daughters, Mrs. June Day, Conway, and Mrs. Jeanne Everett, Niangua; one son, Steve Arthur, Niangua; his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Hall, Marquette, Kan.; four sisters, Mrs. Iola Horner, Marquette, Kan., Mrs. Florence Westblade, Lindsborg, Kan., Mrs. Geneva Welsh, Battle Mountain, Ne., and Mrs. Zena Brawley, Sacramento, Calif.; and six grandchildren.

Obituary, News and Leader (Springfield, MO) of Saturday, 6 Nov 1976.
CONWAY---Services for Mrs. Ruby Pauline Hall, 60, Route 2, Conway, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Conway Christian Church with the Rev. Wayne Martin officiating. Burial will be in Niangua Cemetery under direction of Barber-Edwards-Arthur of Marshfield. Mrs. Hall died at 2:40 a.m. Friday in Cox Medical Center, Springfield, after a long illness. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. June Day, Route 2, Conway, and Mrs. Jeanne Everett, Route 2, Niangua; a son, Stephen, of Niangua; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

Burials in Niangua Cemetery, Niangua, Webster County, Missouri.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 96266929)
HALL RUBY May 10, 1916 Nov. 3, 1976 Daughter of Otis and Jannie Bodine
ARTHUR May 26 1913 Feb. 17, 1973 Son of Fred and Gertrude Hall