Notes for: Ida 'Mildred' Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
From Stark County News (Toulon, IL) of 23 Oct 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bodine are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl that came to live with them October 16.
1st marriage--1926--KENNETH BRISCOE.
From Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Marriage Records:
Kenneth Briscoe, 21, born in Oklahoma AND Mildred Bodine, 18, born in Illinois, both residents of Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma, were married 21 May 1926 at Maud by James M. Littlejohn, Pastor, M.E.C. Church South of Maud.
No record of Kenneth Briscoe can be found after his marriage.
2nd marriage--WALTER H. McELWAIN.
From The Stark County News (Toulon, IL) of 6 July 1927:
Miss Mildred Bodine and W. H. McElwain, of Galesburg, were married Tuesday, June 28, at Colchester, by Rev. R. A. Reeves. Miss Bodine is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bodine, of this place. Mr. McElwain is an employee of the Santa Fe railroad.
Walter H. & Mildred McElwain are listed in the 1928-1932 city directories for Galesburg, Knox Co., IL.
Walter & Mildred McElwain are listed in the 1935-1960 city directories of Kewanee, Illinois.
1940 Galva, Henry Co., IL: Walter H. McELWAIN 34 IA film servicer, Mildred 31 IL wife. Residence on 1 April 1935: Kewanee, Henry Co., IL.
From Minnesota Death Records:
Walter Henry McElwain was born 1 Aug 1905 and died 31 Aug 1969 in Olmsted County.
Obituary, The Galva (IL) News of Thurs., 1 Feb 1968.
Mrs. Walt (Mildred) McElwain, 59, of Kewanee, who had been employed as a dietician at the Galva Manor for five years, was killed Monday afternoon at about 4:20 pm as she was returning from Galva. The two-car crash which claimed Mrs. McElwain's life occurred on a curve on the Midland Country Club road, two and one-half miles from the Kewanee city limits. [Portions of the accident and investigation details omitted.] Funeral services for Mrs. McElwain will be held at 2 this afternoon in the West Jersey Methodist Church. Burial will be in the West Jersey cemetery. She is survived by her husband and a brother, Dale Bodine, of Sidney, Ohio. Her parents preceded her in death.