Notes for: Clair Wilfred Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--1940--DOROTHY PEARL RICKER.
Dorothy (Ricker) Bodine was the daughter of William F. and Jeannette A. (Englebrecht) Ricker.
Clair & Dorothea Bodine appear in the 1938-1942 Long Beach, CA city directory and the 1947 city directory for Ashland, Wisconsin and from 1953 is listed in the Long Beach, Calif. directory with wife Marguerite.
From California Federal Census Records:
1940 (12 April) Long Beach, Los Angeles Co.: BODINE, Clair 25 MI foreman-laundry, Dorothy 25 IL wife, Diana Dee 2 CA dau.
From Yuma County, Arizona Marriage Records:
Clair W. Bodine, 25, born in Michigan, a resident of Long Beach, Calif. AND Dorothy P. Rieker, 25, born in Illinois, a resident of Long Beach, were issued a marriage license on 25 May 1940. [Note: Their daughter, Dianna, was born 17 March 1938 with her Calif. birth record noting Ricker as her mother's maiden name.]
2nd marriage--1947--MARGUERITE ALICE WILLIAMS.
From Clark County, Nevada Marriage Records:
Clair W. Bodine AND Marguerite Alice Eherenman were married 20 Sept 1947. [Note: From Muskegon County, Michigan Marriage Records: Margaret Williams, 19, dau. of Howard Williams & Olga Bartow married Richard Eherenmen on 26 June 1942 in Muskegon. They were divorced 21 May 1946 in Ionia, Ionia Co., Mich.]
Obituary, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) of Tuesday, 26 March 2002
MARGUERITE ALICE BODINE, 76, died Friday at Country Meadows Home in Wildomar. Born in Greenville, Mich., Mrs. Bodine lived in San Jacinto 11 years. Previously she lived in Anza 25 years. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Bodine was a member of the San Jacinto Women's Club and San Jacinto Community Church. She made lap robes for area convalescent hospitals. She is survived by two daughters, Rose Marie Null of Lake Elsinore and Charlene Rouse of Washington; a stepdaughter, Dianna White of El Cajon; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at San Jacinto Community Church. Friends may call from 1 until 4 p.m. Wednesday at McWane Family Funeral Home in Hemet. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Cypress.
Clair and Marguerite Bodine appear in the 1950 Index to Register of Voters for Los Angeles County, California.
From California Death Records:
Clair W. Bodine, born 15 Aug 1914 in Michigan; 27 Sept 1977 in Los Angeles County.
Burials in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange County, California.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 94510146 & 104777113)
CLAIR W. BODINE 1914---1977 Beloved Husband Father And Grandpa
MARGUERITE A. BODINE 1923---2002 Beloved Wife Mother And Grandma