Here is a picture that Lois Bodine-VanEtten sent me of William Bodine:
From Ronny Bodine:
From Jackson County, Missouri Marriage Records:
William E. Bodine, 24, of Springfield, Greene County AND Mabel E. Bateman, 24, of Los Angeles, Calif. were married 16 Aug 1919 in Greene County.
On 5 June 1917, William Earl Bodine registered for the World War 1 draft in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. He reported he was born 2 April 1895 in Springfield, worked as an engineer and was single. In Jan 1920, William and Edna Bodine lived with William's parents in Springfield and where he worked as a salesman for an iron works. In April 1930 he lived in Johnson, Polk County, Missouri working in the ice plant business.
1940 Humansville, Polk Co., MO: William E. BODINE 44 MO, Edna M. 44 MO wife, Margie M. 18 MO dau. Residence on 1 April 1935: same place.
Obituary, Springfield (MO) Leader and Press of Saturday, 1 Jan 1966.
Humansville---W. E. Bodine, 70, Humansville, died at 8 p.m. Thursday in Springfield Baptist Hospital where he had undergone surgery that day. Born in Springfield, Mr. Bodine attended Senior High School where he was a well-known basketball player. A resident of Humansville for 45 years, he was a former mayor of Humansville and retired owner of Monarch Feed Company. Mr. Bodine was a member of the Humansville Methodist Church, past master of Bolivar Chapter 5 of RAM, St. Elmo Commandery 43 KT of Bolivar Shrine in Springfield, and a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his wife, Edna; a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie M. Thomas, Seattle, Wash.; three brothers, Perry, Springfield, John, Kirkwood, and the Rev. Robert Bodine, Detroit, Mich.; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Tillery Chapel here with the Rev. Mercer A. Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Humansville Cemetery.
From Washington Death Records:
Edna M. Bodine, of Seattle, King County, died 29 June 1991 in Snohomish County, aged 96 years.
Obituary, The Springfield (MO) News-Leader of 8 July 1991.
Humansville--Graveside services for Edna M. Bodine, Seattle, Wash., formerly of Humansville, will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Humansville Cemetery under direction of Murray Funeral Home. Mrs. Bodine, a homemaker, died at 7:50 p.m. Saturday, June 29, in Eastern Star Nursing Home, Bothell, Wash.
Burials in Humansville Cemetery, Humansville, Polk County, Missouri.
(For grave marker photos see Find A Grave Memorials Nos. 58074655 & 58074656)
William Earl Bodine Apr. 2, 1895 Dec. 30, 1965 Edna Mabel Bodine Feb. 22, 1895 June 29, 1991