Notes for: Robert Paul Bodine
Their granddaughter said their names are Ruby Pearl and Robert Paul Bodine.
From Ronny Bodine:
From Webster County, Missouri Marriage Records:
Robert P. Bodine AND Ruby P. Deckard, both of Niangua, were married 4 Dec 1936 at Niangua, by Rev. Alfred Freitag.
From Missouri Federal Census Records:
1940 (29 April) Marshfield, Webster Co.: Robert P. BODINE 24 MO Store Clerk, Pearl R. 25 OK wife, Mildred 2 MO dau, Robert 49 IL widowed father.
Pearl Deckard was the daughter of Frank & Nora Deckard with whom she lived 1920 in Shahan, Wagoner County, Oklahoma and 1930 in Willow Springs, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
Note: There is no Social Security Death Record for Pearl Bodine, but there is one for Pearl Draper, born 9 April 1915, died Jan 1975, with registration in Missouri before 1951. On 15 March 1958 in Kansas City, Jackson County, MO Pearl R. Bodine, born 9 April 1915, married C. W. Draper, born 18 Feb 1907.
Obituary, Springfield (MO) Leader and Press, of Friday, 17 March 1967.
MARSHFIELD---Funeral services for Robert Paul Bodine, 51, Niangua, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Freewill Baptist Church, Niangua. Burial will be in Niangua Cemetery under direction of Barber-Edwards of Marshfield. Mr. Bodine died about 7 a.m. Wednesday in the state sanatorium, Mt. Vernon. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Calfas, Miami, Fla.; a son, Billy Joe, Independence; a sister, Mrs. Merda Dudley, Springfield; and six grandchildren.
Obituary, Springfield (MO) Leader and Press of Monday, 20 Jan 1975.
MARSHFIELD---Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Bodine Draper, 59, Independence, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Niangua Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev. Earl Smith officiating. Burial will be in Niangua Cemetery. The family will be at the Barber-Edwards-Arthur funeral chapel Tuesday night. Funeral services were being held today in Independence for Mrs. Draper. Mrs. Draper died Friday in St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City. A former Springfield resident, she moved to Kansas City about 30 years ago. Surviving are a son, Billy Joe Bodine, Independence; a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Calfas, Raytown; two brothers, Lloyd Deckard, Springfield, and Irvin Deckard, Willard; two sisters, Mrs. Violet Dudley, Springfield, and Mrs. Jewell E. Davis, Kansas City; two half sisters, Mrs. Daisy Whiteside and Mrs. Nellie Ryan, and two half-brothers, Guy Myers and Vern Myers, all of the state of Illinois; and seven grandchildren.
Burials in Niangua Cemetery, Niangua, Webster County, Missouri.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial Nos. 96226126 & 96226495)
Dad Paul R. Bodine May 15, 1915 Mar. 15, 1967
Mom Pearl R. Bodine Apr. 9, 1915 Jan. 17, 1975