Notes for: Richard William Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
Richard Bodine served as a Private in the U.S. Army during World War II.
From Plainfield (NJ) Courier-News of Wednesday, 24 April 1946:
Clinton---Miss Mary Compton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Compton of Pittstown, and Richard W. Bodine of Quakertown were married Saturday at Quakertown by the Rev. Fred Peterson, pastor of Quakertown Methodist Church.
Obituary, Easton (Penn.) Express of 12 Dec 1972.
Richard W. Bodine, 48, Quakertown, N.J., died this morning at the Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington. Born July 4, 1924, in Quakertown, he was a son of the late John R. and Ila Garrison Bodine. Mr. Bodine owned and operated an excavation company in Quakertown. An Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of the American Legion Post in Flemington. Survivors include his widow, the former Mary Compton; three daughters, Mrs. Linda Mahler and Miss Jean Bodine, both of Newton, N.J., and Miss Susan Bodine, at home; a brother, John D., Quakertown, and a grandson. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Douglas D. Martin Funeral Home, Clinton. Interment will be in Locust Grove Cemetery, Quakertown.
Obituary, Hunterdon County Democrat (Flemington, N.J.) of 23 Nov 2009.
QUAKERTOWN - Mary S. Bodine died on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Bristol Glen, Newton. She was 86. Born in Pittstown on Oct. 5, 1923, she was a daughter of Wilson and Marion Wright Compton. A resident of Newton since 2005, she had resided in Quakertown from 1946 to 2005. Mrs. Bodine was first employed by Commercial Dress Company, High Bridge, and then was employed by Hunterdon Transformer, Quakertown. A member of the first graduating class of the Franklin Township Elementary School, Quakertown, she also was a 1942 graduate of Flemington High School. Mrs. Bodine was a member of the Quakertown United Methodist Church, the Col. Lowery Chapter of the D.A.R., in Flemington, the Hunterdon Quilter's Guild, the Franklin Township Senior Citizens, the Rural Awareness Committee of Franklin Township and the Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum, Delaware Township. Her husband, Richard Bodine, died in 1972. Surviving are three daughters, Linda Mahler of Newton, Jean Fivehouse of Randolph and Susan DeLay of Carmel Valley, Calif.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services: Funeral services Wednesday, Nov. 25, 11 a.m. in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main St., Flemington. Interment following in Locust Grove Cemetery, Quakertown. Visitation Wednesday starting at 10 a.m. in the funeral home. Memorial service, Friday, Nov. 27, 1:30 p.m. in Bristol Glen, 200 Bristol Glen Drive, Newton. Visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information, or to send condolences. Memorial contributions can be made to the Quakertown United Methodist Church, Box 307, Quakertown, 08868 or to the Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance, Stewardship Fund for the Bodine Preserve, 56 Main Street, # 2E, Flemington 08822.
Burials in Locust Grove Cemetery, Quakertown, Hunterdon County.
(Find A Grave Memorial # 13224302)
Richard W. Bodine New Jersey PFC US Army World War II July 4, 1924 Dec. 12, 1972
BODINE Mary S. 1923- Richard W. 1924-1972