Notes for: Lowell Burton Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
From Monroe County, Michigan Marriage Records:
Lowell B. Bodine, 20, of Monroe, born in Maybee, Michigan, son of Ben Bodine & Lucille Yost AND Phyllis A. Wiseman, 18, of Toledo, Ohio, born in Trilby, Ohio, dau. of Charles Wiseman & Ruby Knotts, were married 12 June 1948 in Maybee.
Obituary, The Monroe (Mich.) Evening News of 20 Jan 2012.
Lowell B. Bodine, age 84, of Columbia City, IN passed away at 5:58 a.m. Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City. Born August 17, 1927 in Maybee, MI, he was the son of Benjamin C. and Lucille (Yost) Bodine. He graduated from Dundee High School, Dundee, MI with the Class of 1946. A Whitley County resident since 2009, he was a former resident of Lake James and Michigan. On June 12, 1948, he married Phyllis A. Wiseman in Maybee, MI. After 33 years of service, he retired December, 1987, from National Life Insurance. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Phyllis A. Bodine of Columbia City; daughter, Barbara A. (Steve) Gross of Columbia City; son, David L. Bodine of Grayling, MI; 2 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and 2 brothers, Lennon and Harry Bodine. Visitation is 2-6 p.m. Saturday, January 21, 2012 at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City. Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, January 22, 2012 at the funeral home with Pastor Barry Faucett officiating. Burial will follow at Union Township Cemetery, Coesse. Memorials may be given in memory of Mr. Bodine to Parkview Oaks. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Obituary, The Post & Mail (Columbia, Ind.) of 25 Sept 2015.
Phyllis A. Bodine, 86, of Columbia City, passed away at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at Renaissance Village in Fort Wayne. Born July 27, 1929 in Toledo, Ohio she was the daughter of Charles M. Wiseman, Sr. and Ruby L. (Knotts) Wiseman. She has been a Whitley County resident since 2009, moving from Lake James and was a previous Michigan resident. She graduated from Monroe High School in Monroe, Mich. with the Class of 1947. On June 12, 1948 she married Lowell B. Bodine in Maybee, Mich. She worked at Lazy Boy Chair Company in Monroe, retiring in April of 1988 with 11 years of service. Phyllis had been a member of the Maybee Congregational Church. Survivors include daughter: Barbara (Steve) Gross, Columbia City, son: David Bodine, Grayling, Mich.; sister: Shirley Barron, Newport, Mich.; grandchildren: Natalie (Steve) Kohrman, Fort Wayne; and Joel (Kate) Patterson, Leesburg, Va.; and seven great-grandchildren: Sarah; Jason; Elisabeth; Cecilia; Teresa; Isaac; and Leo. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband: Lowell Bodine; brothers: Joe Wiseman; Charles Wiseman Jr.; Guy Wiseman; and Dael Wiseman; and sisters: Betty Scott; and Bonnie Wiseman. Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, Columbia City. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the funeral home with Pastor Barry Faucett officiating. Burial will follow at Union Township Cemetery, Columbia City. Memorial gifts may be given in her memory to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home.