Notes for: William J. Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
In April 1930, William Bodine, age 26 and single, lived with his parents in Kent County. In April 1940, William J. Bodine, age 34 and single, lived with his brother Harry and his family in Dover, Kent County engaged as a farm laborer. William Bodine was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Kent County. His grave marker notes he served as a Private in the Medical Department from Maryland during World War II.
From Caroline County, Maryland Marriage Records:
William J. Bodine AND Bessie Rion were married 1 Dec 1956. [Note: The Daily Times of Salisbury, Md. of 24 Feb 1977 reported the death of Donald L. Ryan, 37, and named among his survivors his mother, Mrs. Bessie Bodine of Laurel. It is apparant then that Rion or Ryan was Bessie's previous married name. Social Security Records record Donald Lee Ryan as the son of John K. Ryan and Bessie Spencier. In 1940, John and Bessie Ryan lived in Laurel, Delaware and that she was aged 45 and born in Delaware. Earlier census records indicate Bessie was the daughter of Henry Spencer and Annie (Johnson) Noyes and that Bessie was Bessie Spencer Noyes.]
Obituary, Denton Journal (Denton, Md.) of 19 July 1963.
William J. Bodine, 59, a Pennsylvania Railroad worker, died Saturday at Wilmington. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bessie Bodine; his mother, Mrs. Lillian Bodine, Greensboro; three brothers, Harry, Salisbury; Roy, Dover, and Franklin, Wilmington; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Lepore and Mrs. Rose Morris, both of Dover, and Mrs. Nora Poore, of Wilmington. Services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Trader Funeral Home.
Obituary, The Morning News (Wilmington, Del.) of Wednesday, 3 Dec 1980.
Laurel---Bessie N. Bodine, 84, of 511 Spruce St., died Monday in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, after a long illness. Mrs. Bodine's husband, William, died in 1965. She is survived by three sons, James Ryan, with whom she lived, John Ryan of Laurel and William Ryan of Dover; four daughters, Rose Glanden of Frederica, Sally Drenning of Three Springs, Pa., Margaret Donovan of Laurel and Annie Smart of Seaford; 24 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren. Services will be Friday afternoon at 2 at the Windsor-Disharoon Funeral Home, 700 West St., where friends may call an hour earlier. Burial will be in Blades Cemetery, Blades.
From Social Security Records:
Bessie Bodine, born 4 March 1895, died Dec 1980, last residence was Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware.
Burials in Blades Cemetery, Blades, Sussex County, Delaware.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 127921109)
Bessie N. Bodine March 4, 1896 Dec. 1, 1980