Notes for: Olen 'Doyle' Bodine, Sr.

From: FD
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024
Subject: Brandy Lynn Bodine // update

DNA evidence through distant cousins over the course of 15 years , linked Brandy Lynn Bodine to be the son of Enrique Portillo, El Paso Tx born abt 1930 died about 1990 Los Angeles CA.

Brandy Lynn Bodine died 30 JAN 2024, cause of death was heart disease. Huachuca AZ.

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See notes on the above for Brandy and Richard in their Notes pages.

From Ronny Bodine (Aug. 24, 2025):

1st marriage--1948--GEORGIA EDJUENIA NEILARAYA CANNON.
From The Hamlin (TX)Herald of 27 Aug 1948:
Marriage licenses issued 1 July to 16 Aug included Olen Doyle Bodine, Hamlin, and Edjuenia Cannon, Abilene.

Edjuenia (Cannon) Bodine is the daughter of Hugh Cannon. In 1948 she (Edjuenia Cannon) is listed in the Abilene, Texas City Directory.

Olen and Edjuenia Bodine were divorced and in 1951 she married Raymond Leon Converse. On 7 Oct 1956 in Clark Couty, Nevada she (Edjuenia Converse) married Milton Bing Roberson from whom whe was divorced. Later, she remarried Olen Bodine, but was divorced from him in March 1975 as reported in the Yuma "Daily Sun" of 9 April 1975 [as Olen Doyle Bodine Sr. and Edjuenia Neilraye Bodine]. She last married Francisco "Frank" Salvatore Catanese (1912-1988).

From Social Security Records:
Georgia Edjuena Catanese, born 3 March 1933, died 15 Sept 2011, Last residence was Hemet, Riverside County, California. SSN issued 1957 in Texas.

From: firedwg
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015
To: bodinegenealogy
Subject: Brandy Lynn Bodine & Richard Hershel Bodine

Hello Dave:
refferenced http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bodine/f1960.html

I visited Olen Doyle Bodine in an effort to clear up a geneology issue back in 2011.

1. Brandy Lynn Bodine (Male, born 21 Dec 1950 in Potter Co., TX) Fathers last name was "Carrasco" although Olen was married to Admina Ray (aka Gorginana Edjuana Nileraye) Cannon at the time the DNA evidence we compared on our visit confirms Brandy is not Olen's Child.

2. Richard Hershel Bodine [born 22 Aug 1949, El Paso Co., TX) actual parents are Wylie (aka Hugh Arch) J. Cannon and Dorthly Stroud, Dorthy used the military hospital to have this child. She actually had to pose as her daughter Admina Ray Cannon. Olen confirmed this when we spoke to him.

Please, I dont know if Olen as pasted away yet, if not please let him know we found what we were looking for in our geneology research. The visit was better sweet, did not get the answer we were looking for, but I hope it brought peace to Olen.

Joshua Marquiz


From: Fire Dwg
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024
To: bodinegenealogy
Subject: Brandy Lynn Bodine // update

Hi there,
I would appreciated it if you did not post email or phone numbers, on the above link. I had the pleasure of speaking to Olen years ago, and appreciate the use of DNA to help get a more accurate genealogy tree. We felt this brought closure to Olen that he in fact did not have a son from a prior marriage.

Please just post the update

Here the update,

DNA evidence through distant cousins over the course of 15 years , linked Brandy Lynn Bodine to be the son of Enrique Portillo, El Paso Tx born abt 1930 died about 1990 Los Angeles CA.

Brandy Lynn Bodine abt died 5 FEB 2024, cause of death was heart disease. Huachuca AZ.

Again please strip my information off the public link.

2nd marriage--1950--MURIEL JOY ROBERTS.
Muriel (Roberts) Bodine is the daughter of Ira Simon and Ceylon (Bowlin) Roberts. Ira died in 1928 and Ceylon married Wesley Kopsa in 1936, with whom she and her daughter Muriel, 11, lived in 1940 in Weld County, Colorado. The obituary of Ceylon B. Kopsa, of Loveland, Colorado (1911-2011) names among her survivors a daughter, Joy Bodine of Loveland and her husband Doyle.

Obituary, Adamson Life Celebration Home, Greeley, CO.
Our dear Muriel Joy Roberts Bodine (4/12/1929) passed away on June 1, 2025, in the memory care unit of Covington Senior Living Center in Lehi, Utah. As she had struggled with dementia in the twilight years of her life, she may now enjoy clarity as she joins those loved ones who have preceded her in death. These include her beloved husband of many decades - Olen Doyle Bodine, Sr, her mother - Ceylon Kopsa, her father - Ira Roberts, siblings - Ira Roberts Jr, Wesley "Buddy" Kopsa, Roberta Clymer, and Betty Kenney, granddaughter - Sabrina Marie Bodine Teasdale, grandson - Alexander Bodine, and great-grandson, Greyston James DeForest. Prior to her time at Covington, Joy and Doyle enjoyed their retirement years in Loveland, CO in the same house her grandparents had retired to after homesteading in the Grover, CO area. Born in Denver, CO, Joy spent most of her youth in northeastern weld county, (Grover, Briggsdale, Hereford and Galeton. She graduated from Galeton high school). Not long after graduation, she was working as a waitress in a diner in Cheyenne, WY when she met the love of her life. In their years of marriage, they lived in Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona and California in multiple cities and towns. She worked in so many jobs while helping to make ends meet but was able to attend school while living in Hot Springs, AR, and she received her LPN nursing degree. Joy is survived by her sister, Donna Mae Hoke, her 8 children - Dale (Ted -deceased) Bittner, Joe (LeAnne), Dan (Anne), Faith, Doyle (Debbie), Jay (Jeana), Bill and Earla Feldman (Jerry), numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Joy is probably the most aptly named individual to have ever graced this planet! Under many difficult and trying circumstances, she found and brought so much joy to her family, friends, neighbors and strangers that she came across. Only in her waning years was this quality slightly dimmed - and probably more due to her diminished hearing than even the dementia. She will be dearly missed!!

Obituary, Loveland (CO) Reporter-Herald of 23 Sept 2017.
Doyle [Tex] Bodine was born on February 27, 1931 to Joseph Abner and Mary Susan Bodine. He was raised in west Texas. As a young man, 15 - 17 years old he worked on one of the largest ranch, [or group of ranches], as a cowboy assistant then as a full cowboy [difference . . . about $2.50 per month per (Tex)]. He entered the U.S. Army in 1949. He served in various capacities, but migrated toward the Air Corp. While stationed in Cheyenne, WY; he met Joy Roberts. In April of 1950, they married. Doyle left the military and began a long career of trucking goods across America-initially operating out of northern Colorado. Between the years of 1949 and 1963, Doyle and Joy grew their family to include eight (8) children (Dale, Joseph, Dan, Faith, Doyle, Jay, Bill, and Earla)-all of whom were born in Greeley, CO (although Doyle and Joy lived several places, including Texas and Arizona during that time). In 1969, Doyle and Joy took the six children remaining at home (Dale had married and Joseph was serving in the U.S. Air Force) to Mt. Ida, Arkansas. In Arkansas, Doyle operated two gas stations (the first in Mt. Ida and then in Hot Springs) in an attempt to get off the road and be home more. However, the road always called and Doyle responded. After three years in Arkansas, Doyle and Joy took the six kids on to Yuma, AZ. There Doyle was able to keep his routes more regional (closer to home, with more home time) and see Joe, Faith, and Doyle each get married, Dan join the Air Force, and Jay start out on his own. In late 1977, Doyle and Joy took Bill and Earla with them to Westminster, CA. There they saw Dan get married, Bill join the Air Force and Earla leave the nest. In 1989 they moved into smaller digs in Garden Grove, CA; from where they saw Jay, Bill, and Earla each get married. In 1993 they briefly moved back to Yuma, before finally settling (in 1995) into retirement in Loveland, CO (in the home Joy's grandparents retired into, over 50 years earlier). Doyle and Joy played the snowbird role for many years, traveling each winter to Yuma where they would stay in an apartment Doyle, Jr. built onto his business's shop just for them. Never really comfortable just being retired, Doyle worked with Jr. on these trips. He also set up a woodshop, at home in Loveland, were he crafted everything from stools to a small barn for Joy. Health and mobility began making the snow-birding trips difficult for Doyle and Joy, their last was taken in Jan/Feb of 2015. While Doyle struggled with a heart condition since the mid/late-eighties, it was a blood infection that led to his passing on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at his home. Doyle was preceded by his five brothers: John David (J.D.), Hugh Melvin, Joseph Jr., Gene, and Norman. Doyle is succeeded by his wife, Joy; their eight children, thirty-four grandchildren, forty -one great grandchildren, and thirteen great-great grandchildren. Graveside service will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 25, 2017 at Home of Peace Cemetery in Grover. Memorial service will be at 4:00 p.m. Monday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 3800 Mountain Lion Dr., Loveland.