Notes for: Harriet Leonora Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

In June 1900, Alexander and Hattie Tunks lived in Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin where Alexander worked as a day laborer. He reported that in 38 years of marriage his wife had borne 6 children, but only 2 were then living.

Children: Minnie (c1872), Adelia (Nov 1890).

Obituary, Stevens Point Gazette (Stevens Point, Wisc.) of 20 April 1920.
Mrs. Harriet Lenora Tunks passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Matthews in Plover village at 5:40 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The deceased experienced a paralytic stroke two weeks ago, this affliction causing her death. Since that time she had been confined to her bed and toward the end it was known that there was but little chance for her recovery. The late Mrs. Tunks, whose maiden name was Harriet Lenora Bodine, was born in Rockford, Ill., and would have reached her 76th birthday had she lived until September 1. Her marriage to Alexander Tunks occurred in Durand, Ill., when she was about 20 years of age and shortly afterward Mr. and Mrs. Tunks came to Plover to reside. Mr. Tunks died at Plover on June 12, 1915 at the age of 76. Surviving relatives include two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Matthews of Plover, with whom the late Mrs. Tunks made her home, and Mrs. Frank Packard of Shawano, one brother, Jerry Bodine of Swain, Ark., and five sisters, all residents of Illinois.