Notes for: Walter Warren Bodine
From: MA Morrison [morrisonball143 at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Subject: Warren Bodine - Photo
Hello Bodine Folks,
My name is MaryAlice Morrison and I have attached a photo of Warren Bodine that was with photos belonging to my uncle, John Richard Morrison. Our family called him Richie or Richard.
My grandmother, Alice Gaynor married James Leo Morrison in 1917 and had two sons, James Leo Morrison Jr., (my father) and John Richard Morrison (Richard).
The photo of Warren is at a home they called, "Miller's Place” on Long Island. This home was a weekend cottage and according to my uncle Richard, was sold during WW II.
In the 1920 census, my grandfather and grandmother - James Leo Morrison and Alice Gaynor Morrison are living with John Gaynor, Alice's father. There are other Gaynor relatives and the Joseph Bodine family all living together on Keap Street in Brooklyn, NY.
I hope the photo is of Warren and is one that is new to your family? I have other photos from the Long Island home with kids and Richard in the shots, would be when they were younger. I don't know if it would be Warren or not as there is no labeling or clues who the people are? I can scan and send those to you, if interested?
Thank you for your time!
Regards,
MaryAlice Morrison
From Ronny Bodine (June 7, 2020):
From New York City Birth Records:
Walter Bodine was born 6 Feb 1921 in Brooklyn, Kings County.
Dorothy Zoffinger was born 14 Aug 1924 in Brookly, Kings County.
On 15 Feb 1942, Warren Walter Bodine of Kings County, NY registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 6 Feb 1921 in Brooklyn, worked for Commercial Photo, and named Emma Bodine as his next of kin. [Note: He signed the registration as Warren Walter Bodine.]
On 5 April 1943, Warren Walter Bodine enlisted in the U.S. Navy in New York City and was assigned to serve aboard the USS Guest (DD 472).
From Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 25 July 1943: "While on leave, Warren Bodine, of 393 Pulaski St., seaman second class, was married to Dorothy Zoffenger, of 643 Central Ave., at St. John's R.C. Church, 75 Willoughby Ave."
From Social Security Records:
Dorothy Ann Zoffinger applied for a SSN in Nov 1941 and reported she was born 14 Aug 1924 in Brooklyn, New York to Theodore R. & Anne (Burns) Zoffinger. She died in July 1980. Her last residence was Flushing, Queens Co., New York.
Walter W. Bodine was born 6 Feb 1921 and died 30 April 2010. His last residence was Selden, Suffolk Co., NY.
Funeral Notice, Moloney Family Funeral Homes, Inc., Port Jefferson Station Funeral Home.
Walter W. Bodine died 30 April 2010. St. John's Cemetery.
Burials in Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens County, New York.
(Photos of grave markers are not available on-line.)
WALTER W. BODINE DOROTHY BODINE