Notes for: Raymond Eugene Bodine
Ronny Bodine and I discussed the fact that the obituary below names "Mary Waters" as Raymond's mother. It seems that the person who provided the obituary information in 1994 was misinformed. Ronny said, "Here are the facts. When Eli registered for the WW1 draft in 1918, Hazel was named as his wife, just as she was in Jan 1920. When Hazel died in March 1929, her death certificate noted she was married and Eli Bodine was her husband. In April 1930, he was a widower and when he died in June 1949, he was still a widower. There is no place for Mary Waters. I thought perhaps he got his grandmother Mary mixed up in this. Was she Mary Waters instead of Mary Writemire? No, every record said she was Mary Writemire."
However, Ronny did then find a second wife for Eli. She was Leona Bates and also predeceased her husband. It was not a Mary Waters. The Mary Waters, named in the 1994 obituary of Raymond Bodine as his mother, cannot be reconciled with the fact that Eli remained married to Hazel Lyman Bodine until her death in 1929.
From Ronny Bodine:
Obituary, Hutchinson News (Hutchsinson, Kansas) of 14 Oct 1994.
Raymond Eugene Bodine,70, of 1006 East 3rd, died Oct. 13, 1994, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 22, 1924, at Circleville, the son of Eli and Mary Waters Bodine. A Hutchinson resident since 1956, formerly of St. Joseph, Mo., he was a mechanic for Western Foods and farmed in Reno County, retiring in 1973. Survivors include: companion, Barbara Bodine-Williams, of the home; a son, Joseph Bodine Sr., Stafford; a daughter, Margie Myers, Hutchinson; a brother, Eli, Osawatomie; a sister, Grace Ray, Olathe; seven grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m.
Monday at Johnson & Sons Memorial Chapel, Hutchinson, with the Rev. Harlan White presiding. Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Johnson & Sons Funeral Home, Hutchinson. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson.
Obituary, The Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, Kansas) of 17 June 2002.
Barbara R. Bodine-Williams, 67, died June 14, 2002, at Hospice Residential Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 23, 1934, at Wathena, the daughter of Joseph C. and Anna Thomas Blanton. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a retired waitress at the Big M, Chelsea and Our Place restaurants. Survivors include: two sons, Joseph E. Bodine Sr., Hutchinson, and Jack E. Breazile, Tacoma, Wash.; two daughters, Marjorie Myers and Angel P. Gillihan, both of Hutchinson; two brothers, Grant T. Blanton, South Hutchinson, and Louis C. Blanton, Wichita; three sisters, Maxine Clark, Dustin, Texas, Joyce Reboul, Stafford, and Stella Mathis, El Dorado; four grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Baptist Church, Hutchinson, with Pastor Garald Salmans presiding. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson. Memorials may be sent to the Barbara R. Williams Memorial Fund or to Hospice of Reno County, both in care of the mortuary.