Notes for: Esther (Hester) Latitia Bodine

Latitia Bodine Hurd later lived with the aunt of Donna Boomer's husband, Bea Boomer Hansen. Aunt Bea said that "Titia," as she was called, was a wonderful woman and told lots of stories. She always enjoyed listening to them. (Latitia would be Aunt Bea's grandmother.)

From Ronny Bodine:

Newspaper Obituary, The Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Ill.) of Thursday, 9 Nov 1944.
Durand, Ill., Nov. 9.--Mrs. Latetia Hurd, a lifelong resident of Winnebago county, died at 2 a.m. Wednesday in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Boomer of Durand township, following an illness of three weeks. She was 83 years old. Mrs. Hurd was born Oct. 11, 1861 in Harrison township, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Bodine. On Jan. 18, 1881, she was married in Rockford to John M. Hurd, who died April 4, 1916. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Boomer, with whom she made her home since 1916; Mrs. Apha R. Corson, San Francisco, Cal., Mrs. Della F. Syme, Los Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. Grace A. Conklin, Rockford; 14 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Laura Norton, Durand, and Miss Arthusa Bodine, Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the Chapin funeral home, Durand. Rev. Keith Tabor, a missionary pastor of the Swedish Free church, will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood cemetery, Rockford.

John and Esther Bodine were buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois.