Notes for: Roscoe C. Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
In 1910, Roscoe and Lenora Bodine, married for 3 years but with no children, lived in Ridgeview, Miami County, Indiana where Roscoe worked as a railway brakeman. Lanora Bodine married James Duncan in St. Joseph County on 1 June 1913 and was living with him in Walkerton, St. Joseph County in 1920 and in Los Angeles, California in 1930. Roscoe Bodine was buried in South Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, St. Joseph County.
The Waterloo Press (Waterloo, Ind.) of Thursday, 18 May 1911
Michigan City.--A. R. Bodine of Peru, a young brakeman on the Lake Erie & Western, who ran out of here recently on a local freight train, fell from the top of a car at Plymouth and rolled under the moving train. A leg and an arm were crushed, and Bodine died soon afterward. The body was taken to Peru.
From Indiana Death Certificate of Rosco C. Bodine: husband of Lenora Masterman, born 12 Aug 1884 in Indiana, son of Peter & Nattie (Thompson) Bodine, died 8 May 1911 in Center Township, Marshall County. from "Being run over by rail-road train." Informant was Mark D. Masterman of Walkerton.
From St. Joseph County, Indiana Marriage Records:
On 1 June 1913 Lanora Bodine married James Duncan.
1920 Walkerton, St. Joseph Co., IN: James M. DUNCAN 31 IN, Lanora 27 IN wife, Carman C. BODINE 9 IN stepson, Vera S. DUNCAN 5 MI dau.
Obituary, The Los Angeles (Calif.) Times of 25 Sept 1947.
Mrs. Lanora Duncan, of 8643 Holloway Plaza Dr., West Los Angeles, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, age 56 years, survived by husband, James Duncan, son, Russell Bodine; daughter, Mrs. Lucille Whapples; 3 grandchildren, Robert & Marjorie Whaples & Russell Bodine Jr. Funeral services 2 p.m. Friday, at Grace Chapel, Inglewood Park Cemetery. Mayr Funeral Home, Venture, directors.
From California Death Records:
Birdie Lanora Duncan, born 7 March 1891 in Indiana, died 23 Sept 1947 in Ventura County. Father-Masterman, Mother-Barden.