Notes for: Robert Francis Bodine, Jr.
From: Joe and Melanie Funk [jandmfunk at comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017
Subject: Family History
Hi,
Im trying to get some information on my grandmother Mabel Inez Bailey who was married to Robert Bodine Jr.
Thank you
Melanie Funk
Their daughter Roberta Bodine sent me this:
My father was Robert Francis Bodine Jr. born 2/16/ 1913, and his first wife, my mother, Grace Patricia Berry, born 5/3/13. They were married in Elkton Maryland 11/1/1933. They divorced (final decree) dated 3/30/48.
From Ronny Bodine:
Robert Bodine served as a U.S. Army Corporal in World War II from 3 April 1942 to 8 Nov 1945.
1st marriage--1933--GRACE PATRICIA BERRY.
From New Jersey Mirror (Mount Holly, NJ) of 15 Nov 1933:
Married. November 1, in Elkton, Md., Robert Bodine, Jr and Grace P. Berry, both of Mount Holly. [They divorced 30 March 1948 per an e-mail from their dau. of 10/1/2010)
Robert and Grace Bodine were divorced 30 March 1948 and that year Grace married 2ndly, Richard Rossell. They apparently divorced as in December 1956 in Mt. Holly Twp., Burlington County she again married Richard W. Rossell.
From Social Security Records:
Grace Patricia Berry, dau. of James E. & Elizabeth G. (Kohr) Berry, was born 3 May 1913 in Mt. Holly, NJ. In June 1986 she reported her name as Grace B. Rossell. She died 29 April 1996. Her last residence was Mt. Holly.
2nd marriage--1948--MABEL INEZ LAWRENCE.
From New Jersey Marriage Records:
Robert F. Bodine AND Mabel Lawrence were married 1948. [Exact date & location not specified.]
Robert and Mable were buried in Beverly National Cemetery, Burlington County.