Notes for: Clare Emerson Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
1st wife--1936--PAULINE LANGE.
From Allegan County, Michigan Marriage Records:
Clare Emerson Bodine, 20, of Otsego, born in Allegan County, son of Ralph Bodine & Nellie Minegar, AND Pauline Adeline Lange, 19 of Plainwell, Michigan, born in Allegan Count, were married 1 Sept 1936 in Otsego.
1940 Plainwell, Allegan Co., MI: Clare BODINE 24 MI truck driver, Pauline 22 MI wife clerk-jewelry store. Residence 1 April 1935: Otsego, Allegan County.
From Michigan Divorce Records:
Clare E. Bodine AND Pauline A. Bodine, who had married 1 Sept 1936 in Allegan County were divorced 15 Aug 1941 in Allegan County. [Note: On 4 May 1950 in Angola, Steuben County, Indiana Pauline married Donald Russell Rayman (1921-1993).]
2nd wife--c1940--GISELA ULRICH.
Clare E. Bodine and wife Gisela are listed in the 1941 Michigan City, Indiana City Directory.
Gisela was the daughter of Paul & Gertrude Ulrich with whom she was living in 1940 in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, aged 18 at the time. She arrived with her family aboard the SS George Washington, sailing from Bremen, Germany and arriving at the port of New York in November 1928. She was listed as aged 6 and born in Erfurt, Germany.
From Social Security Records:
Gisela Bodine, born 26 Dec 1921, died 23 March 2008. Last residence was Ruskin, Hillsborough Co., Florida.
From Social Security Records:
Clare E. Bodine, born 30 Aug 1915, died 6 March 1990. Last residence was Avon Park, Highlands Co., Florida.
From Florida Death Records:
Clare E. Bodine, born 30 Aug 1915, died 6 March 1990 in Orange County.