Notes for: Lois Grace Bodine
From: lobear76 at gmail.com
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013
Subject: Re: Updates to Bodine info?
Hi Dave... my mom, Lois, is 87 and going strong. Her brother, Bill, is 89. Her other siblings have passed away and I will update if needed
Laura
From: Collins [lobear76 at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015
Subject: Abram B Bodine 1807
Hi Dave,
We have corresponded previously regarding Abram B Bodine (1807-1864) of Michigan and you have helped us try and determine who his father may have been. My uncle, William Joseph Bodine took the Family Tree 64 marker Y-DNA test. His 37 marker results are in and it shows exact matches to a Edwin Wayne Bodine and a Brett Monroe Bodine, a genetic distance of 2 with Robert Orien Bodine and a genetic distance of 4 with a Gordon Lavender. This seems to confirm your proposed genealogy for Abram?
Laura Van Etten-Collins
From Ronny Bodine:
From Greene County, Missouri Marriage Records:
Clair Winton Vanetten AND Lois Grace Bodine were married 8 March 1952.
Obituary, Corning Leader (Corning, NY) of Thursday, 30 Dec 1999.
PENN VALLEY, CA - Clair W. Van Etten, 78, of Penn Valley, CA died on Tuesday, December 28, 1999 at Cal-Davis Medical Center in Sacramento after a lengthy period of ill health. Clair was born in Corning to the late Clyde and Ellen Reynolds Van Etten August 27, 1921. He married Lois Bodine in Springfield, Missouri March 8, 1952. Mr. Van Etten attended Northside High School, graduating in 1938. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1943 and immediately went into the USMC. He went to officer's school in Quantico, VA and served in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. Clair was a life member of Corning Lodge BPOE 1071 and had been a member of Corning Lodge F&AM 1038. He worked for Corning Glass Works Consumer Products Division as Salesman and Sales Manager for approximately 24 years. He spent about 10 years with SIECOR in Hickory, NC, from which he retired. Mr. Van Etten is survived by his widow, Lois, of Penn Valley, son, Stephen (Sabrina) Van Etten and children Stephen and Trisha of Riverside CA; daughter, Laura (David) Van Etten-Collins and children Leigh and Stephanie of Grass Valley, CA; and brother, E. R. “Bim” (Virginia) Van Etten of Big Flats. A memorial service is being held Tuesday, January 4, 2000 at the Lutheran Church in Grass Valley. Interment will take place later at the U.S. National Cemetery in Riverside CA. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Corning Meals on Wheels or a charity of one's choice.
Obituary, The Union (Grass Valley, CA) of 12 Feb 2018.
Active, friendly and inexhaustible Lois G. Van Etten died unexpectedly at Sutter Roseville Medical Center on February 3, 2018. She left this world after enjoying dinner with a friend and heading out to play games with friends, one of many passions she always enjoyed. In addition to active social life, Lois was strong in her Christian faith and had a life well lived. Lois was born in Springfield, MO to the late Perry Bodine and Grace Peltz, October 23, 1925. She graduated from Southwest Missouri State College with a BA in Foreign Language. As part of a college exchange program she lived and studied for a year in Puebla, Mexico. Lois had a lifelong quest for learning and took periodic classes on multiple subjects throughout her life. She was a member of Sierra Presbyterian Church. She had a passion for travel. She flew as a flight attendant for Braniff Airways and later worked in their Honolulu Customer Service Center. She also spent many years working as a travel agent and agency manager for Ask Mr. Foster Travel in Anaheim, CA & George Shipp Travel in Hickory North Carolina. These jobs allowed her to visit many countries throughout the world. She volunteered for the Grass Valley Library, Interfaith Food Bank, Center for the Arts, In Concert Sierra, Music in the Mountains and the Nevada Theatre. She is survived by her brother Bill Bodine of Missouri; her son Stephen (Sabrina) Van Etten; daughter Laura (David) Van Etten-Collins; grandson Stephen Van Etten; granddaughters Trisha (Van Etten) Araiza, Leigh (Collins) Patterson, Stephanie Collins-Sowers, as well as six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Clair W. Van Etten and 3 siblings. At her specific request no services are planned. Burial will be alongside her husband at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, CA. Donations may be made to Sierra Presbyterian Church or the Grass Valley Library.