Notes for: Ray Wellington Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
On 5 June 1917, Ray Bodine registered for the World War I draft in Battle Creek, Michigan. In 1930, Ray Bodine was living with his family in Newton, Calhoun County, Michigan.
1st marriage--1913--ELLA KATHERINE STOELTING.
From Allegan County, Michigan Marriage Records:
Ray Bodine, 21, of Cheshire, farmer, born in Cheshire, son of Andrew Bodine & Mary Hays AND Ella Stoelting, 21, of Allegan, born in Phillips, Wisconsin, dau. of John Stoelting & Katie Boeklar, were married 10 April 1913 in Allegan by J. W. Vickers, M.E. Minister. E.R. Bodine & Mrs. Agnes Bodine, witnesses.
Obituary, Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer of 26 Nov 1944.
Mrs. Ella Katherine Bodine, 54, wife of Ray W. Bodine, died yesterday afternoon at their farm home on the Lee lake road in Newton township. Mr. Bodine and his daughter, Mrs. Clarence Bushong, discovered the body on the kitchen floor of their home when they returned from a shopping visit to Battle Creek about 3 p.m. A Union City physician was called and he summoned Coroner W. N. Putman, who attributed death to overexertion and an unsuspected heart condition. Two pails of water on the floor near Mrs. Bodine indicated she had just finished some chores in the yard. Mrs. Bodine was born Sept. 15, 1890, in Phillips, Wis., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Stolling. She and Mr. Bodine were married April 10, 1913 in Allegan, and came to the Newton township farm in 1920. She was a member of the German Lutheran church in Wisconsin. The body was removed to the Hebble funeral home. Funeral arrangement await word from the son-in-law, Clarence Bushong, who is with the armed forces in California.
2nd marriage--1946--THERESSA E. BUCHELE.
From Steuben County, Indiana Marriage Racords:
Ray Bodine, store keeper, born 1 Dec 1892 in Alleghan Co., Mich., resident of Marshall, Mich., son of Andrew Bodine & Mary Agnes Hayes, 1st marriage ended in death on 28 Nov 1944, AND Theressa Anderson, born 27 Dec 1899 in Ithaca, Mich., resident of Marshall, Mich., daughter of Horace Buchele & Estella Hoagland, 1st marriage ended in death on 20 June 1945, were married 4 Sept 1946 by Noah E. Smith, Minister. [Note: The Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer of 12 Sept 1946 included a brief notice of this marriage which noted Angola as the location.]
Obituary, Tucson Daily Citizen (Tucson, Ariz.) of 14 March 1974.
BODINE, Ray W., 81, died March 12, 1974. Survived by wife, Theressa; daughter, Mrs. Clarence (Julia) Bushong of Marshall, Mich.; three grandsons; three great-grandchildren; sister, Sarah Wilkinson of Bloomingdale, Mich.; brother, Paul Bodine of Otsego, Mich.; four step-daughters; 14 step-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren, services will be held Thursday, March 14, at 4 p.m. in the Arizona Mortuary Chapel, (University at Stone) with Rev. Edwin Grant of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Marshall, Michigan. Any remembrances may be made to the Pima County Chapter, American Cancer Society.
Burials in Newton Township Cemetery, Calhoun County, Michigan.
(Find A Grave Memorial # 83702547)
BODINE Ella A. 1899-1944 Ray W. 1892-1974