Notes for: Esther Cooper Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
Esther, age 19 and single, was living 1920 with her mother and siblings in Philadelphia, Penn. She was employed as a clerk in a printing house. In 1930, the Johnson family was living in Tullytown Borough, Bucks County, Penn. where Christopher worked as a salesman for a brush company.
From State of Pennsylvania Certificate of Death for Christopher A. Johnson: born 15 May 1898 in Tullytown, Pa.; died 13 Oct 1942 in Philadelphia and was buried in Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ; husband of Esther Bodine.
From State of Pennsylvania Certificate of Death for Esther B. Johnson, widow, born 21 Aug 1900 in Williamstown, NJ to Ernest Bodine & Ella Bugbee; died 22 June 1955 in Tullytown, Bucks County; buried Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ. Informant was Christine Rentschler.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 14 Oct 1942.
TULLYTOWN, Oct. 14.---Christopher A. Johnson, 44 years old, of Tullytown, died last night in Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, after a short illness. Mr. Johnson was a salesman and for many years was local correspondent of the Trenton Times Newspapers. He is survived by his wife, Esther; two daughters, Sonia and Christine; two sons, Walter, of Lancaster, and Lester, living here, and his father, Elmer Johnson, of Lancaster. The funeral will be at his home on Friday at 1:30, with services in charge of the Rev. Samuel Gaskill, pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery, Camden.
Children: Sonia D. (c1925), Christine E. (c1927), Walter, Lester.