Notes for: Virgil Claude Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
On 10 Sept 1918, Virgil Claud Bodine registered for the World War I draft in Kansas City, Missouri. He reported he worked for the Hercules Powder Company of Nitro, West Virginia and that his next of kin was Mrs. Lulu Kerby of Kansas City.
1st marriage--1925--MILDRED L. JAMISON.
From Jackson County, Missouri Marriage Records:
Virgil Bodine, 24, AND Mildred Jamison, 18, both of Kansas City, Jackson County, were married 26 Feb 1925.
1930 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO: Virgil C. BODINE 29 OK nursery man, Mildred L. 22 KS wife, Virgil W. 4 1/2 MO son, Robert E. 0/16 MO son
1940 Mission, Johnson Co., KS: Virgil C. BODINE 39 OK landscape gardener, Mildred L. 32 KS wife, Virgil W. 14 MO son, Robert E. 10 MO son.
From The Kansas City (MO) Times of 22 May 1952:
Divorce Suits Filed in Johnson County: Mildred against Virgil Claude Bodine.
From Social Security Records:
Mildred Bodine was born 30 July 1907 and died in April 1983. Her last residence was Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, Kansas.
Obituary, The Kansas City Star of Wednesday, 20 April 1983.
Mrs. Mildred L. Bodine, 75, died Monday in a nursing home at Gardner in Johnson County, where she lived. She was born in Kansas City, Kan., and was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Bodine was a Baptist. She leaves two sons, Bob Bodine and Virgil Bodine, of Overland Park; and five grandchildren. Graveside services were Tuesday in Johnson County Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
2nd marriage--ROSE HELEN SHORE.
Obituary, The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.) of 2 Jan 2002.
Rose Helen Bodine, 81, Leawood, KS, formerly of Belleville, IL, died Monday, December 31, 2001, at home. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Thursday, January 3, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Courtyard of Memories Indoor Mausoleum. Burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Helen was born January 6, 1920, to John I. Sr. and Mary (Newman) Shore. Mrs. Bodine was in real estate sales and in land developing. She was also involved in a construction business with her husband, Virgil Bodine. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Burford and John, a stepson, Virgil C. Bodine and an infant son, Kevin. Survivors include a son, Frank Brooks; stepson, Robert E. Bodine; two sisters-inlaw, Helen Shore and Dolly Shore; four nieces and one nephew. (Arr: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf (913) 451-1860)
Obituary, The Kansas City (MO) Times of Tuesday, 31 July 1984.
Virgil Claude Bodine, 84, of 36 Compton Court, Prairie Village, a former home builder and business owner, died Sunday at the home. Mr. Bodine was a home builder before he retired in 1977. He also owned the Cloverleaf Nursery, Overland Park, for 20 years. He was a member of the Mission Rotary Club and the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City. He was born in Enid, Okla., and had lived in this area most of his life. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Rose Helen Bodine of the home; two sons, Virgil W. Bodine and Robert E. Bodine, and a stepson, Frank Brooks, all of Overland Park; a brother, Cecil L. Bodine, Phoenix, Ariz.; and eight grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Mount Moriah Chapel; burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery.