Notes for: Velma Faye Smith

This came from the Internet at the Bolivar Herald-Free Press Home Page for, I think, Polk County, Missouri.

Velma F. Bodine

Velma Faye Bodine, 81, Mission, Texas, died Saturday, April 22, 2000, at her home. She was born Oct. 22, 1918, in Hereford, Texas, to George and May Tevis Smith. The family moved to Neodesha, Kan., where she graduated from high school. She also graduated from Independence, Kan., Community College with an associate degree. On June 7, 1938, she married Charles D. Bodine in Independence, Kan. They later lived in Wichita, Kan., Bolivar and Mulvane, Kan. After their retirement they moved to Mission, Texas. She retired from real estate and was also a homemaker. Survivors include one son, C. David Bodine Jr. of Forsyth; two daughters, Lucinda Rather of Dallas, Texas, and Kathy Jones of Mountain Home, Idaho; one brother, Forrest Smith of Merriam, Kan.; two sisters, Pearl Nehls of Minneapolis, Minn., and Betty Plummer of Bloomington, Ill.; nine grandchildren and six great-grandsons. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Bodine, on March 27, 2000; two brothers and one sister. Graveside services were Saturday, April 29, at the Neodesha Cemetery, Neodesha, Kan., under the direction of the Loran Fawcett Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wilson County Hospital Cancer Fund or to the Kansas State Cancer Research Foundation.