Notes for: William F. Bodine

William seems to have lived in Clarks Green, PA.

From Ronny Bodine:

1st marriage--1913--ARLINE POTTER.
From Luzerne County, Pa. Marriage records:
William Bodine, 23, farmer, of Waverly, Pa., born in Scranton, Pa., son of William Bodine (born Sparebush, NY), decd, & Annie McPhartland (born Delaware, Pa.) AND Arline Potter, 21, of Scott Twp., Pa., born in Moosic, Pa., daughter of Merritt Potter & Mary Millinex, were married 2 Aug 1913 by T. M. Moyles, J.P., Wilkes Barre, Pa. [Note: Sparebush is Sparrowbush, Orange County, NY)

From Pennsylvania Federal Census Records:
1920 (23 Jan) Abington, Lackawanna Co.: William BODINE 33 PA dairy farm hand, Arline 22 PA wife, Richard 1 8/12 PA son.

1930 (12 April) Abington, Lackawanna Co.: Wm. F. BODINE 42 PA married @26 railroad boilermaker, Arline E. 32 PA married@16 wife, Richard N. 11 PA son.

From Pennsylvania Death Records:
Arline BODIN died 13 Dec 1930 in Scranton, Lackawanna County.

Newspaper Obituary, The Scranton Republican (Scranton, Pa.) of Monday, 15 Dec 1930.
Mrs. William Bodine, 33, Waverly, died Friday night in the Moses Taylor hospital, this city, following an operation. Surviving are her husband; a son, Richard, and two sisters, Mrs. John Shaefer, Lake Ariel, and Mrs. Blanche Mullinex, Ransom. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Waverly Free Methodist church. Burial will be made in the Miller cemetery.


2nd marriage--1931--MARION S. COOLEY.
From Broome County, New York Marriage Records:
William F. Bodine, of Waverly, PA, boiler maker, born 21 June 1887 in Scranton, PA, son of William & Anna (McFarland) Bodine AND Marion S. Coolet, of Nicholson, PA, Post Office clerk, born 25 Sept 1904 in Nicholson, PA, dau. of Ora L. & Lettie (Sheldon) Cooley, were married 5 June 1931 at Binghamton, by Henry F. Bailey, Clergyman. Groom's 2nd marriage; bride's 1st marriage.

1940 (23 April) Abington, Lackawanna Co.: William BODINE 53 PA railroad boilermaker helper, Marion C. 35 PA wife, Richard 22 PA son driver-salesman, David 8 PA son, John 5 PA son, William 4 PA son, Shirley 1 PA dau.

From 1942 World War II Draft Registrations:
William Bodine of Clarks Summit, Pa. reported he was born 20 June 1887 in Scranton Pa., worked for the Lackawanna Railroad, and Mrs. William Bodine was his next of kin.

From Pennsylvania Death Records:
From the Pennsylvania Death Certificate of William Bodine, married, born 20 June 1887 in Skuylkill County, PA, son of William & Patricia Ann (McParthey [sic]) Bodine, died 27 Jan 1953 in Benton Township, Lackawanna County. Geo. G. Renville, informant.

Obituary, The Times Leader (Wilkes Barre, Pa.) of 1 Jan 2002.
Dec. 30, 2001
Marion S. Bodine, 97, of Thurston Hollow Road, Tunkhannock, formerly of the Nicholson/ Fleetville area, died Sunday at Tyler Memorial Hospital. Born in Nicholson, she was the daughter of the late Ora and Lettie (Sheldon) Cooley. She was a charter member of the Green Grove Pilgrim Holiness Church, Nicholson. She was preceded in death by her husband, William, and sons, David, John and Richard. Surviving are her son, William, Owego, N.Y.; daughters, Shirley Haas and Charlotte Stokes, both of Allentown; and Dawn Sickler, Tunkhannock; 18 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at noon Thursday at Green Grove Pilgrim Holiness Church, Route 374, Nicholson, with the Rev. John Sherman officiating. Interment will be in Nicholson Cemetery. Friends may call from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to the Green Grove Pilgrim Holiness Church or the Green Grove 4-H Club.

Burials in Nicholson Cemetery, Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
(For a grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 86566618)
BODINE Marion 1904-2001 William 1887-1953