Notes for: Earle Durran Bodine
Concerning the birth dates given below in the marriage record, Ronny Bodine said, "Several postings show 23 Feb 1909 for Earle and the state birth records for Kentucky which begin in 1910 show Lillian born 17 Aug 1912 in Menefee County." We'll stick with those.
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--1931--LILLIAN MARGARET PECK.
From Wayne County, Indiana Marriage Records:
Earle Bodine, musician, born 24 Feb 1909 in Russellville, KY, a resident of Dayton, Ohio, son of Verna Bodine & Martha Sadler AND Lillian Peck, born 17 Aug 1910 in Kentucky, a resident of Richmond, Indiana, daughter of J. L. Peck & Elizabeth Centers, were married 24 Dec 1931 by S. K. Morgan, J.P. [Note: Kentucky Birth Records list 17 Aug 1912 as Lillian's birth date.]
Lillian (Peck) Bodine was the daughter of James Madison and Millie Elizabeth (Centers) Peck. The 1933-1934 Dayton City Directories show Earl, a music teacher, and Lillian Bodine living at 9 Urbana in 1933 and 636 Bolander Avenue in 1934. Neither appear in the 1936 directory. Earle and Lillian Bodine divorced and on 2 Jan 1937 in Liberty, Indiana Lillian married Henry Nelson Johnson (1908-1976).
2nd marriage--1940--MARJORIE NELL RABY.
From Greene County, Ohio Marriage Records:
Earle Durran Bodine, of Dayton, Ohio, music teacher, age 31 on 24 Feb 1940, born in Russellville, Ky., son of Verna G. Bodine & Mattie Joe Sadler AND Marjorie Nell Raby, of Xenia, Ohio, music teacher, age 21 on 10 March 1940, born in Greenville, Ky., dau. of Orville Richard Raby & Rayma Hardison, were married 6 Dec 1940 by Rev. John S. Altman, Pastor, St. Paul Methodist Church, Dayton.
Obituary, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News of Dec. 30, 2014.
BODINE, Marjorie (Raby) 91, of Englewood, Ohio, passed away December 27, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earle Bodine, a son, Charles Bodine, her parents Rayma (Hardison) Raby and Orville Raby, her brother Joseph Raby and great-grandaughter, Samantha Carpenter. She is survived by children: Carol (Chris) Zuccaro, Richard (Barb) Bodine, James (Peggy) Bodine, Martha (Rick) Clark, Linda Levitan-Quigley (Michael), her sister-in-law, Nancy Raby, nine grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, many more cousins, family and friends who simply knew her as "Grandma". There will be a Gathering of Family and Friends at the TOBIAS FUNERAL HOME ENGLEWOOD CHAPEL, 675 West Wenger Road Wednesday, December 31, 2014 starting at 12 noon followed by a Celebration of Marjorie's Life at 1:00 pm with Pastor Darryl Fairchild presiding. Burial will follow in Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions in memory of Marjorie may be made to Hospice of Dayton. Messages of sympathy and support to her family may be made at: www.tobiasfuneralhome.com
From Ohio Death Records:
Earle D. Bodine of Trotwood died 17 Oct 1976 in Grandview Hospital, Dayton, aged 67 years.
Obituary Dayton (Ohio) Daily News of Monday, 18 Oct 1976.
BODINE, Earle D., age 67, of 69 Brookhaven Dr., Trotwood, died Sunday. He had been a local real estate broker and involved in area music for many years. Survived by his wife, Marjorie; sons, Richard of Trotwood, James of Dayton; daughters, Mrs. Carol Zuccaro, Mrs. Martha Clark and Mrs. Linda Levitan, all of Trotwood; sister-in-law, Mrs. Leslie Bodine of Dayton; nephew, Paul Stookey of Trotwood and niece, Mrs. Barbara Zigler of Louisville, Ky.; 11 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Rogers Funeral Home, Trotwood, Pastor James T. Caldwell officiating. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.