Notes for: Francis Orpha Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
Orpha Bodine, age 11, lived with his parents 1920 in San Bernardino, California. Francis and Ethel Bodine were buried in Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Tom's River, Ocean County.
From Pettis County, Missouri Marriage Records:
Francis O. Bodine, of Sedalia, Pettis County AND Ethel Grinstead of Sedalia, were married 15 Oct 1928 at Sedalia by Rev. Christian Daniel, a Catholic Priest.
From Missouri Federal Census Records:
1930 (21 April) Sedalia, Pettis Co.: F. O. BODINE 21 KS apprentice boilermaker-RR shop, Ethel 21 MO wife, James 5/12 MO son. Francis & Ethel both married at age 20.
1940 (April) St. Louis: Francis O. BODINE 32 KS Inspector-pipe fabricating shop, Ethel L. 32 MO wife, Carol T. 6 MO dau, Jerry B. 5 MO son. Residence 1 April 1935: Pettis County, MO.
From Social Security Applications and Claims:
Francis Orpha Bodine applied for a SSN in December 1936 and reported he was born 12 June 1908 in Neodesha, Kansas, son of Clarence E. & Sarah E. (Peak) Bodine.
Obituary, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) of 31 March 1989.
FRANCIS O. BODINE, 80, of Toms River, formerly of Ridgewood, died Thursday. Before retiring in 1967, he was a plant superintendent for MidWest Piping and Supply Co., Clifton, where he worked for 32 years. He was a member and former chairman of the American Welding Society in Newark. Surviving are his wife, Ethel Grinstead Bodine; a son, Jerry B. of Seattle, Wash.; a daughter, Carol T. Bodine of Toms River; two sisters, Marie Brudenell of Taft, Calif., and Agnes Cramer of Kansas City, Mo.; three brothers, Loren of Rosatti, Mo., Joseph of Collinsville, Ill., and William of Lamar, Mo.; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Mass will be said Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's R.C. Church, with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery, both in Toms River. Visiting will be Saturday from 9 to 9:45 a.m. at Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, Toms River.