Notes for: Oscar C. Bodine
Oscar appears to be in the 1930 Bodine Reunion list in New Jersey. Listed below him in order are Gertrude Bodine, Mrs. V. C. Bodine, Marion E. Bodine, Dorothy T. Bodine, and Oscar Bodine, Jr. They are all from Trenton. According to Victor Charles Bodine, Gertrude was his adopted daughter. Marion (Marian?), Dorothy, and Oscar, Jr. were the children of Mr. and Mrs. V. C. (Victor Chamberlain) Bodine.
Brian David Bodine thinks Oscar, and maybe his father, were from Delaware Township in Hunterdon Co., NJ.
In the 1920 Census of Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, Oscar and Elizabeth have a daughter listed named Ruth L. Bodine. It looks like she is 21 years old and worked as a teacher. Maybe that is Gertrude?
From a newspaper article, it looks like Oscar was Methodist.
From: Jacqueline Lubinski [jwlube at ptd.net]
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016
Subject: Oscar C. Bodine's second wife
Hi Dave,
I am friends with Brian Bodine of Trenton, NJ and we are distant cousins as well. I am not a Bodine-at least not that I have found so far J, but we connect distantly 8th cousins and closer thu a mutual great aunt (mine) and a great uncle (his) marriage. I have been helping him with some of his Bodine searches and have come across the maiden name of the second wife of his ggrandfather Oscar C. Bodine. She is Elizabeth Risler born 1868 in Cherryville, Hunterdon County, NJ, d. October 23, 1963 in Trenton, Mercer Co., New Jersey. Apparently she was married twice as well, Oscar being her second husband. She is buried in the Cherryville Mountainview Cemetery, Flemington, NJ with her first husband William C. Case, and her daughter and son-in-law Laura Ruth Case and husband Wallace J. Sherman.
daughter
This is confirmed by her daughter's name and stone with her husband in the cemetery which coordinates with the info in the obit.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 24 Oct 1963.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Bodine, 95, died Wednesday in Donnelly Memorial Hospital. Widow of Oscar C. Bodine, she formerly lived at 21 South Johnston Avenue. Surviving are a son, James M. Case of Trenton; two daughters, Mrs. Wallace J. Sherman of Mechanicsville, Pa. and Mrs. Leonard Crowther of Trenton, and two grandchildren. Services will be held Saturday at 11.00 a.m. at Poulson & VanHise, 408 Bellevue Avenue, with the Rev. Richard K. Mercer, Jr. of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Cherryville, N.J. There will be no calling hours.
Jackie Wells Lubinski
jwlube@ptd.net
From Ronny Bodine:
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 3 April 1916.
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie E. Bodine, wife of Oscar C. Bodine, who died yesterday, will be conducted at her late home, 1229 Chestnut Avenue, Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. ___ Cobb, pastor of Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of which church Mrs. Bodine was for many years an active member, will officiate. Interment will be in Colonial Cemetery under direction of Paulson & Coleman. Mrs. Bodine had been an invalid about 25 years. Her husband is employed as a letter carrier.
From Trenton Evening Times of 30 Nov 1917.
The wedding of Mrs. Elizabeth Risler Case, of 27 Southard Street and Oscar Bodine took place yesterday at the home of the bride and the Rev. John F. Sechrist, pastor of St. Paul M. E. Church, officiated. Victor C. Bodine was best man.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 5 January 1937.
Oscar C. Bodine, 71 years old, retired letter carrier, died this morning at his home, 21 South Johnston Avenue, following a short illness. Born in Locktown, Mr. Bodine made his home in the township for the past 19 years. Prior to his retirement four years ago, he had been in the postal service for 37 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Bodine; a son, Victor C. Bodine, and three grandchildren. Mr. Bodine was a member of Trenton Council, No. 90, Jr. O. U. A. M., and Local No. 380, National Association of Letter Carriers. He attended Central Baptist Church. His funeral will be Friday at 2 P.M. from the Poulson & Van Hise Home for Services, 408 Bellevue Avenue. The Rev. Don Clyde Kite, of Central Baptist Church, will conduct services. Interment will be at Colonial Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 24 Oct 1963.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Bodine, 95, died Wednesday in Donnelly Memorial Hospital. Widow of Oscar C. Bodine, she formerly lived at 21 South Johnston Avenue. Surviving are a son, James M. Case of Trenton; two daughters, Mrs. Wallace J. Sherman of Mechanicsville, Pa. and Mrs. Leonard Crowther of Trenton, and two grandchildren. Services will be held Saturday at 11.00 a.m. at Poulson & VanHise, 408 Bellevue Avenue, with the Rev. Richard K. Mercer, Jr. of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Cherryville, N.J. There will be no calling hours.
From New Jersey Death Records:
Elizabeth R. Bodine of Hamilton Twp., Mercer County, died there October 1963.
Burials in Colonial Memorial Park, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.
(Find A Grave Memorial# 25727895 )
BODINE 1865 Oscar C. 1937 1862 Annie E. 1916