Marvin was with the 671st Topographic Engineer Company during WWII. They have a web site at http://members.aol.com/ebodine/671/671.htm which is maintained by Marvin's son, Ed Bodine. There are some pictures there of Marvin and his buddies from the Company. They still have reunions every year. I think the picture below was taken during his work over in England in WWII,
Here is a picture of Dorothy (Stine) Bodine when she was younger.
And here is a picture of Dorothy and her Stine family. From left to right below: John Stine, Dorothy Stine, their mother Rose Nell (Richardson) Stine, and their father William Ambrose Stine. John Stine is dressed in his finest motorcycle garb. Jan Bodine, Ed's wife, has found a verified connection to Rose Nell (Richardson) Stine and her original family. That family tree goes back another four generations - all within Fountain County. William Ambrose Stine remarried later in life and had two more children. Ed says the wife's name was Marguerite and their children were Ruth Ann Stine and Scott Stine. Scott is just a few years younger(?) than Ed. Jan met him once - about 30 years ago. He had unexpectedly stopped by Marvin and Dorothy's home to say "Hello - Goodbye" as he was on his way to Army training camp.
ere is a picture of Marvin and his parents and their coon dog Old Drum:
Here is a picture of Marvin and his sister-in-law Pearl Bodine taken in about 1943:
Here is a picture of Marvin at work making maple syrup. He had an old sugar house on his property and the family used to make their own maple syrup. The steam can be seen rising from the huge evaporating pans. These pans had a series of baffles/mazes where, as the sugar water grew heavier from evaporation of the water content, it would migrate down toward the other end of the pan. Ed Bodine said they used to have to haul about 50 gallons of sugar water, tapped from the farm's maple trees, to create just one gallon of maple syrup.
Here are a couple more photos related to the old sugar house and making maple syrup. Marvin's grandson, Jim Coffing has purchased the old homeplace and he recently spent a lot of time, effort, and money to remake the old sugar house and get new evaporating pans and other equipment. He is very busy presently cooking down the sugar water from the maple trees.
The dark horse below was named Barney and the white one was Beauty.
This picture below has the old sugar house crew sometime before 1944. Marvin's father Paddy is driving. Ambrose Stine is standing behind the tank. And Taylor Clark is on the far side of the wagon.
Mark Walter (MarkWalter at usunwired.net) told me that he was raised in Fountain County, Indiana and grew up with Eddie Bodine down on Graham Creek. (Eddie was the son of Marvin and Dorothy Bodine and the grandson of Manford.) Mark helped them make maple syrup in the spring and often played basketball out in the barnyard.
Mark later added:
My grandfather lived on the Trent farm circa 1912 and I gathered sugarwater on the Trent farm to boil into maple syrup circa 1965.
Here is a picture of Dorothy and son Ed Bodine:
The picture below is of Marvin's son Ed Bodine around 1955. He was about four years old. Showing in the background is the old barn on the Bodine homeplace.
And here is another of Ed and his cousin Terry Bodine. The boys are across Graham Creek. A bit of the house and barn are showing in the background.
Here are Marvin and Dorothy in front of the old Bodine homeplace.
The picture below is of Marvin and Dorothy Bodine on their 50th wedding anniversary.
L-R: Harold Bodine, Lura (Bodine) Smith, and Marvin Bodine.
The picture below was sent to me by Janet Mackey-Bodine:
See Marvin's obituary at: Marvin E. Bodine, age 97, of Covington passed away Saturday January 17, 2015 at Presence USMC, Danville. He was born August 20, 1917 in Wabash Township, Fountain County to Manford “Paddy” and Gertrude (Lewsader) Bodine. He married Dorothy Stine on May 15, 1942 in Danville, IN. She preceded him in death on July 26, 1997.
He is survived by a son Ed (Jan) Bodine of New Albany, IN, twin daughters, Bonnie (Laurence) Cole, and Connie (Richard) Hawthorne, both of Covington, five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, and two brothers.
Marvin spent his entire life teaching in the elementary schools of what is now the Covington Community School District. He taught the last one room school in Fountain County at White School in Wabash Township during the 1937 -1938 school year. He was a 1935 graduate of Perrysville High School and also had a master's degree from Indiana State University.
He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 with the 671st Topographic Engineers in the Pacific where he was awarded the Purple Heart.
Marvin had memberships in the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disable American Veterans, Indiana Retired Teachers Association and the Covington Friendship Circle Center.
A visitation will be conducted from 4:00 to 7:00 P. M. Monday at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington. The funeral service will begin at 1:00 P. M Tuesday January 20, 2015 at the Shelby Funeral Home with Chaplain James Meyer and Rev. Stanley Hicks officiating. Military honors accorded by the Army and VFW. Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Salem United Methodist Church with envelopes available at the funeral home.
From Ronny Bodine:
From Hendricks Co., Indiana Marriage Records:
Marvin Bodine, school teacher, born 30 Aug 1917 in Fountain Co., Ind., resident of Covington, Ind., son of Manford Bodine & Gertrude Lewsadey AND Dorothy Stine, teacher, born 17 July 1916 in Cayuga, Ind., resident of Kingman, Ind., daughter of William A. Stine & Rose Richardson, were married 15 May 1942 by Mary M. Harold, Minister.
Obituary, Fountain County Neighbor (Attica, Ind.) of 29 July 1997.
Dorothy S. Bodine, 81, died at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, July 26, 1997 in Covington Manor Health Care Center, having been a patient the past two months. She was born July 17, 1916 in Vermillion County, the daughter of William Ambrose and Rosa N. Richardson Stine. She married Marvin Bodine May 15, 1942 in Danville, Ind. He survives. She graduated from Perrysville High School in 1934 and attended Indiana State Teacher's College in Terre Haute. She taught school in the Covington school district for 25 years, retiring in 1977. Organizations of which she was a member included: Indiana Retired Teacher's Association, Wabash Township Birthday Club, and West Liberty Church of Christ. Surviving, besides the husband, are: three children and their spouses: Bonnie and Laurence Cole and Connie and Richard Hawthorne, all of Covington; Ed and Janet Bodine, New Albany; as a part of her family, she was blessed with five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Shelby Funeral Home, Covington, with Paul Kent officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Covington. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) in the funeral home and one hour prior to the services.
Obituary, Shelby Funeral Home.
Marvin E. Bodine, age 97, of Covington passed away Saturday January 17, 2015 at Presence USMC, Danville. He was born August 20, 1917 in Wabash Township, Fountain County to Manford "Paddy" and Gertrude (Lewsader) Bodine. He married Dorothy Stine on May 15, 1942 in Danville, IN. She preceded him in death on July 26, 1997. He is survived by a son Ed (Jan) Bodine of New Albany, IN, twin daughters, Bonnie (Laurence) Cole, and Connie (Richard) Hawthorne, both of Covington, five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, and two brothers. Marvin spent his entire life teaching in the elementary schools of what is now the Covington Community School District. He taught the last one room school in Fountain County at White School in Wabash Township during the 1937 -1938 school year. He was a 1935 graduate of Perrysville High School and also had a master's degree from Indiana State University. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 with the 671st Topographic Engineers in the Pacific where he was awarded the Purple Heart. Marvin had memberships in the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disable American Veterans, Indiana Retired Teachers Association and the Covington Friendship Circle Center. A visitation will be conducted from 4:00 to 7:00 P. M. Monday at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington. The funeral service will begin at 1:00 P. M Tuesday January 20, 2015 at the Shelby Funeral Home with Chaplain James Meyer and Rev. Stanley Hicks officiating. Military honors accorded by the Army and VFW. Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Salem United Methodist Church with envelopes available at the funeral home. Condolences to the family: www.shelbyfuneralhome.com.