Notes for: Marion Harding Bodine

Marion was a private in World War II. The info on this family came from Mike Bodine of Marion, Ohio.

Information at WorldConnect says he was born in Mt. Victory, Hardin Co., OH. It looks like pretty good info, but no source was given.

From: Debbie Bodine [debbiedine13 at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Subject: RE: Bodine genealogy: Michael Bodine

Okay. Judy Cherry died in Marion Ohio July 26, 2015. She was cremated and ashes were scattered in Montana (she had previously lived there for many years).

Our son, Michael David Bodine II, married Tricia Lynn Cooper on... 2008 in Marion Ohio. They have 1 daughter: Cora Nicole Bodine, born... 2015 in Marion Ohio

Do you need info on Tricia's family?

One more question: in our line of Bodines....I've been able to go back to Abram Bodine who purchased land in Bucyrus Ohio while living in Livingston County, New York on May 28 1835 but wasn't recorded until December 26 1889....why did it take so long?

Also I have several copies of land transactions for Abram and for Thomas Bodine. Any ideas of how to figure out the puzzle of relationship between them?

Thanks again!!

Debbie Bodine


From Ronny Bodine:

Obituary, The Marion (OH) Star of 9 Sept 1971.
Mr. Bodine who operated the Bodine rubbish and disposal service, was a native of Mount Victory and a World War II veteran. Born Jan. 14, 1921, he was a son of George H. and bessie M. Laws Bodine and his father resides at 448 Cherry St. His wife, Audrey Pearl Hinds Bodine, preceded him in death. He was a member of the Eagles Lodge. Surviving children are three daughters, Mrs. Judy VanPelt, Doris and Ruth Ann Bodine of Spring Grove near Cincinnati and two sons, Richard Alan of Spring Grove and Michael David of the Milburn Avenue address. A brother and a sister of Lima, John and Elba Bodine, also survive. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in Denzer Funeral Home. Rev. Ira P. benton will officiate. Burial will be in Otterbein Cemetery near Mount Victory. Friends may call at the funeral home Fridat from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. [Note: The Marion Star of 11 Sept 1971 noted they had omitted his surviving wife, Pauline Fletcher Bodine who he had married 15 Oct 1970. But they also omitted 2 other surviving daughters-Sharon and Janice.]

The Marysville (OH) Journal-Tribune of 10 Sept 1971.
Kills Himself After Shoot-out
MARION, Ohio (UPl)-A 51-year-old man apparently killed himself at home following a tavern shoot-out in which three other persons were wounded, police said today. Marion Bodine of Marion was found dead at his home following the shootings Thursday at the Acme Bar and Grill. Wounded by gunshots and found by police on the floor of the tavern were Alvin Mayer, 37, Marion; Roy Rawlins, 20, Marion, and Richard Stout, 26, Garden City, N.Y., who is in the service and visiting relatives here. Mayer was hospitalized in satisfactory condition and Rawlins and Stout listed in condition.

From Ohio Death Records:
Marion H. Bodine of Marion, Marion County, died 9 Sept 1971 in Marion, aged 50.

From Social Security Records:
Marion Bodine, born 14 Jan 1921, died Sept 1971.

1st wife--1943--SHIRLEY MAE PIPER.
The Lima News of 13 March 1946 reported a petition for divorce by Marion Bodine from Shirley May Bodine and The Lima News of 2 May 1946 reported the divorce was granted. Audrey (Hinds) Bodine was the daughter of Virgil A. and Julia W. (Strickland) Hinds. Both parties were married twice previously.

From Social Security Applications and Claims:
Shirley Mae Piper, dau. of Daniel R. & Florence E. (Krow) Piper, was born 5 March 1925 in Columbia, Lancaster Co., Penn., died 16 Feb 2001.

From Ohio Death Records:
Shirley M. Piper, born 5 March 1925 in Penn., died 16 Feb 2001 in Kenton, Hardin County. Cremated. Father-Piper, Mother-Krow.

2nd wife--1947--AUDREY PEARL HINDS.
Obituary, The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) of 27 Jan 1970.
Mrs. Audrey Pearl Bodine, 40, of Marion, a former Lima resident, died 1:15 p.m. Monday in St. Rita's Hospital following an extended illness. Born May 30, 1929, in Lima, she was the daughter of Virgil and Julia Strickland Hinds. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and the TOPS Club, both of Marion. Surviving are her husband, Marion; two sons, Michael and Richard, both of Marion; five daughters, Mrs. Charles (Judy) Van Pelt of Sandusky, Sharon and Janice, both of Columbus, and Doris and Ruth, both of Marion; four brothers, Marvin of 1715 Garland, James of Tampa, Fla., Virgil of Seattle, Wash., and Carl of Bremerton, Wash.; and a sister Mrs. William (Virginia) Mawhorr of 224 E. Vine. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Chiles and Sons- Laman West Wayne Street Chapel, Rev. Sherman Jefferson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 tonight.

From Ohio Birth Records (all born to Marion Harding & Audrey Pearl Hinds Bodine)
Judy Louise Bodine, born 22 July 1948.
Diane Jean Bodine, born 20 Aug 1949.
Michael David Bodine, born 2 April 1954.
Sharon Kaye Bodine, born 9 June 1956.
Janice Marie Bodine, born 10 April 1958.
Doris Jean Bodine, born 7 June 1959.
Ruth Ann Bodine, born 5 Dec 1963.


3rd wife--1970--PAULINE MARIE FLETCHER.
Pauline Marie Fletcher was born 8 Aug 1913 to John Quinton and Laura Belle (Davis) Fletcher. Pauline lived in 1920, age 6 and 1930, age 16, with her parents in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. On 4 Dec 1946 in Franklin County, Ohio she, aged 33, married Herbert S. Ritchey, who died June 1957 in Columbus, Franklin County. The obituary of Mrs. Laura Fletcher, 78, widow of John Q. Fletcher, in the Cambridge (Ohio) Daily Jeffersonian of 7 April 1958 named among her survivors a daughter, Mrs. Pauline Morlan of Los Angeles, California.

From Marion County, Ohio Marriage Records:
Marion H. Bodine, 49 AND Pauline Morlan, 53, both of Marion, were married 15 Oct 1970. 3rd marriage for both.

The Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian of 4 Nov 1971 published the obituary of George Q. Fletcher which named among his survivors his sister, Mrs. Pauline Morlan, of Marion County. Pauline (Fletcher Ritchey Morlan) Bodine was buried in Northwood Cemetery, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio where Pauline's parents John and Laura Fletcher are also buried.

From Social Security Records:
Pauline Bodine, born 8 Aug 1913, died March 1985. Last residence was Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio.

From Ohio Death Records:
Pauline M. Bodine, of Cambridge, widow, died 27 March 1985 in Guernsey, age 71.