Notes for: Geraldine Arlene Bodine
From: Ronny Bodine
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Subject: Re: Geraldine Arlene Bodine 1904-1992
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From Titusville Herald (Titusville, Penn.) of 27 Oct 1953: Geraldine Arline Ford, daughter of Mrs. H. A. Bodine of 108 E. Spruce Pl. and Isaiah Proper, son of Mrs. Cynthia Jane Proper of Diamond Rt. 2, were married yesterday at the Proper home by Rev. J. L. Murray of the Chapmanville Methodist Church.
So, this firmly establishes their date of marriage. The place given was the Proper home at Diamond Route 2. It took a little digging, but this Route was in Wallaceville...
Ronny
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--1927--CHARLES EDMUND FORD.
In 1930, John and Geraldine Ford lived in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania where Charles worked as a dry goods salesman.
City Directories:
1929-1930 Charles E & Geraldine Ford in Erie, PA.
1935-1939 Charles E. & Geraldine A. Ford in Titusville, PA.
1940 Titusville, Crawford Co., PA: Harry BODINE 60 OH barber, Verna 60 PA wife, Margaret 31 PA dau, Geraldine 35 PA dau (married), Donald 7 PA gson
1940 Titusville, Crawford Co., PA: William C. FORD 71 OH, May 70 IL wife, Charles E. 37 PA son (married) restaurant counterman, E. Genevieve 32 PA dau.
From Social Security Records:
Charles Ford was born 15 Dec 1902 and died April 1986. His last residence was Saint Louis, MO. SSN issued before 1951 in PA.
2nd marriage--1953--ISAIAH PROPER.
From Titusville Herald (Titusville, Penn.) of 27 Oct 1953: Geraldine Arline Ford, daughter of Mrs. H. A. Bodine of 108 E. Spruce Pl. and Isaiah Proper, son of Mrs. Cynthia Jane Proper of Diamond Rt. 2, were married yesterday at the Proper home by Rev. J. L. Murray of the Chapmanville Methodist Church. [Note: Diamond Rt. 2 is in Wallaceville, Venango County. The date cited in the following obituary is in error.]
Obituary, The Titusville Herald (Titusville, Penn.) of 11 Aug 1992.
Mrs. Geraldine A. Proper, 87, a former resident of 414 May Ave. and most recently of the Meadville Care Center, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10,1992, at Meadville Medical Center (Liberty Street). She was admitted there on Saturday. Mrs. Proper was born in Pleasantvine on Aug. 31,1904, a daughter of Harry and Verna Tubbs Bodine. She was a graduate of Pleasantville High School with the class of 1923. Her first marriage was to Charles E. Ford, who preceded her in death. She later married Isaiah Proper on Dec. 26, 1953, at Wallaceville. Mr. Proper died Jan. 9, 1985. Mrs. Proper was formerly employed by the J.B. Goldstein Store as a clerk, and later the G.C. Murphy Co. until her second marriage. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Donald A. and Janice Ford of Titusville; a granddaughter, Mrs. Scott (Lori) Brown of Evanville, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. William (Frances) Brecht of Oil City; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husbands, Mrs. Proper was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert M. Bodine and Walter Bodine; and two sisters, Mrs. Elmer (Mildred) Fornoff and Mrs. Theodore (Margaret) Peebles. Friends may call at the Gordon B. Garrett Funeral Home on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and attend the funeral service there at 1 p.m. on Thursday with Rev. Larry Thomas, pastor of Titusville Free Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Dempseytown Lutheran Cemetery.