Notes for: Eleanor Gray Bodine
She was living in Cohanset, Massachusetts at the time of her father's death in 1932.
From Ronny Bodine:
1940 Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara Co., CA: Elenore Gray BODINE 53 PA ranch-owner divorced, Louise B. 17 MA dau. Residence on 1 April 1935: Brookline, Mass.
From California Death Records:
Eleanor G. Perry, born 21 Aug 1886 in Pennsylvania, died 11 July 1971 in Los Angeles County.
Obituary, Boston (Mass.) Herald of 14 July 1971.
PERRY---Eleanor Gray (Bodine), in her 88th year in Pasadena, Calif., daughter of Samuel Taylor Bodine and Eleanor Gray Warden Bodine, of Philadelphia, Pa. Survived by two daughters, Eleanor Gray Baird of Norfolk, Va. and Louise Bodine Carpenter of Pasadena and a son William Graves Perry, Jr., of Cambridge. Servives private.
Obituary, Boston (Mass.) Herald of 5 April 1975.
William Graves Perry, 91, of Andover, architect and noted scholar of the Georgia period of English and American design of furniture, silver, and textile, died yesterday. Born in Boston in 1883, he attended Noble Greenough School, Boston, Harvard College, class of 1905, and received a degree in architecture from MIT. A veteran of World War I, he served overseas as a captain in the Army Air Service. When he returned from the service, Perry organized the partnership of Perry, Shaw and Helbern, which achieved fame for the restoration of colonial Williamsburg. For his work he received many honors, most important the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects. Among the many buildings he has helped design is the Merchants Cooperative Bank of Boston, Harvard Cooperative Society Store of Cambridge, and Roxbury Latin School. Survived by his wife Frances (McElfresh) Ames Perry, two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Gray Baird of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Louise Perry Carpenter of Pasadena, Cal., one son, William, Jr., of Watertown, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be private.
William and Eleanor Perry were buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Penn.