Notes for: Jack Richard Bodine

The picture below was sent to me by Janet Mackey-Bodine:

Gravestone

From Ronny Bodine:

In 1987, Josephine (Keller) Bodine married Joseph L. Dixon (1926-1996).

Newspaper Obituary, Crawfordsville Journal Review (Crawfordsville, Ind.) of 23 Dec 1967.
COVINGTON, Ind. (CNS)---Jack R. Bodine, 51, of 320 9th St., Covington, died at 1:35 p.m. Friday at the VFW Club in Covington where he was employed. He had gone there with a son to clean up for a Christmas party later in the afternoon. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was born Nov, 1, 1916 in Wabash Township, Fountain Co., the son of Richard and Ida Mallory Bodine. He married Josephine Keller on July 29, 1939. Mr. Bodine was a 1935 graduate of Perrysville High and was a member of Fountain Lodge No. 60 F&AM at Covington and the Low 12 Club at Wallace. He was employed at the Harrison Steel Castings Co. in Attica for 10 years. He had operated the Club Cigar Store in Covington for the past five years. He had worked at the VFW Club since 1958. He is survived by the widow; his father of Covington; four sons, Richard Joe of Decatur, Ill., Jimmie Jack of Danville, Ill., and Billie George and Jeffrey Lynn, both at home; a sister, Mrs. Louise Adams of Crawfordsville; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother and three sisters. Services will be at 2 p. m Sunday at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home, with the Rev. Glenn Ray officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Masonic services will he held at the funeral home at 8:30 p.m. today. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon today.

Newspaper Obituary, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Ind.) of 7 July 2007.
COVINGTON -- Josephine Bodine Dixon, 87, of Springfield, Ill., died Wednesday, July 4, 2007, in Springfield. Born June 28, 1920, in Mound Township, Warren County, to the late George W. and Leota Cunningham Keller, she was a 1939 graduate of Covington High School and a life resident of Covington until moving to Springfield in 1996. Her marriage was to Jack R. Bodine on July 29, 1939, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 22, 1967. She later married Joseph Dixon and he also preceded her in death. She served 16 years as Covington city clerk-treasurer. Mrs. Dixon attended a Methodist church; and was a member of Troy Chapter 145, Order of Eastern Star and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2395 Auxiliary. Surviving are two sons, Richard Joe Bodine of Urbana, Ill., and Bill George Bodine of Springfield. Service is Monday in Covington.

Burials in Mount Hope Cemetery, Covington, Fountain County, Indiana.
(Find A Grave Memorial # 19557394)
BODINE Jack R. 1916-1967 Josephine M. 1920-2007