Notes for: David ("Dave") Butterfield Bodine
From Ronny Bodine (May 8, 2022):
President of the Bodine Corporation 1993 to 2002.
1st marriage--1989--JANET A FARKAS.
From Fairfield County, Connecticut Marriage Records:
David Bodine, 37, of Easton, Fairfield County AND Janet A. Farkas, 24, of Easton, were married 2 Dec 1989 in Bridgeport.
Janet (Farkas) is the daughter of Joseph Robert and Dorothy Farkas. Joseph Farkas (1937-2011) was appointed Senior Vice President of the Bodine Corporation in 1985 and served as President of Bodine Europe until his retirement in 2004.
From Fairfield County, Connecticut Divorce Records:
David Bodine AND Janet Bodine, who married in 1989, were divorced 1996. 2 children were born of this marriage. [Note: On 1 Nov 1997 in Fairfield County, Janet F. Bodine, 32, married Steven P. Haller.]
From Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT) of 3 April 2011:
The obituary of Dorothy Rainey Farkas, 72, wife of Joseph Robert Farkas, Sr., named among her survivors a daughter, Janet Haller, and her husband Steven of Easton and grandchildren Max Bodine and Nicholas Bodine.
2nd marriage--2002--JESSICA CHRISTINE SCHULZ.
From The New York Times of 16 June 2002:
David Butterfield Bodine and Jessica Christine Hogarth, daughter of Constance B. Schulz and the late Carl O. Schulz, were married 15 June at the First Church Congregational in Fairfield, Connecticut by Rev. David W. Spollett.
Jessica was 1st married 9 Nov 1991 in Fairfield, CT to Jerome Roger Hogarth.
Obituary, Connecticut Post of 6 Sept 2019.
David Butterfield Bodine passed away on August 31, 2019 at the age of 67. He was the son of Barbara A. Bodine and the late Richard P. Bodine Sr. A graduate of Trinity College, Dave earned his law degree at Boston University and later in life obtained a master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University. He practiced law in Bridgeport before joining the family business, The Bodine Corporation. Dave was an avid reader with a sharp and curious mind. A lifelong learner, he enjoyed nothing more than sharing what he was reading or debating your topic of choice. In addition to his mother, Dave leaves behind two sons, Maximillian C. Bodine and Nicholas V. Bodine, his brother and sister, Richard P. Bodine, Jr. and Nancy B. Wolcott, in addition to several nieces, a nephew and his beloved dog Shadow. A Memorial Service will be held September 14, 2019, at the Bridgewater Congregational Church at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to Bridgewater Congregational Church, 10 Clapboard Road, Bridgewater, CT 06752.
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From the New York Times:
Published: June 16, 2002
WEDDINGS; Jessica Hogarth, David Bodine
Jessica Christine Hogarth and David Butterfield Bodine were married yesterday by the Rev. David W. Spollett, a United Church of Christ minister, at the First Church Congregational in Fairfield, Conn. The Rev. Charles Bartlett, a retired Presbyterian minister and the bride's grandfather, participated in the ceremony.
The bride, 31, is a research chemist for the Mica Corporation in Shelton, Conn., a maker of adhesives for packaging. She graduated from Fairfield University. Her previous marriage ended in divorce.
The bride's mother, Constance B. Schulz of Columbia, S.C., is a professor of history and a director of the public history program at the University of South Carolina. The bride's father, the late Carl O. Schulz, was a toxicology consultant.
The bridegroom, 49, is a candidate for a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford and received a law degree from Boston University. His two previous marriages ended in divorce.
The bridegroom's mother, Barbara A. Bodine of Easton, Conn., is a trustee of the Discovery Museum, a science and art museum in Bridgeport, Conn., and a former member of the board of Bridgeport Hospital. His father, the late Richard P. Bodine Sr., was the president of the Bodine Corporation, which makes machines for assembling and testing spark plugs, syringes and other products.
The bride and bridegroom met in the spring of 1998, when a mutual friend suggested that they get their sons together for play dates. (Ms. Hogarth's boys were 4 and 6, Mr. Bodine's 5 and 7.)
At first, they saw each other only at the play dates.
''Jessica was a struggling single mom trying to work her way through school, and I was a busy corporate executive, often traveling for weeks at a time,'' said Mr. Bodine, who was then the president of the family company. ''At the time, it seemed there were insurmountable lifestyle differences.''
Over the months, as they began spending more time together, those differences seemed less insurmountable. At first, the play dates were in public places like museums, movies and fairs. In time, the two families would go afterward to the home of Ms. Hogarth in Bridgeport or of Mr. Bodine in Easton, Conn.
''Eventually, I was spending my weekends at his place, even when my kids were with their dad,'' Ms. Hogarth said. But, she said, she was confused about the direction of their relationship because invitations to barbecues and outings came not from Mr. Bodine but from a family friend or from his cousin, who were both living with Mr. Bodine at the time.
''Finally, I wrote him a letter saying: 'Are you feeling something? If you are, let me know. If not, pretend you never got this letter.' ''
Mr. Bodine called the next day.